The semicolon has prime real estate on your keyboard, but most of us are stumped how to properly use this punctuation. Here's how to use it correctly.
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ReplyDelete;-;
ReplyDelete1:06 Sorry, but commas do not go directly before and.
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ReplyDeleteI like the name of the suicide prevention project.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of a line of code statement.
ReplyDeleteI use a semicolon quite often actually.
ReplyDeleteYou should use it correctly after each statement in a computer program
ReplyDelete;)?
ReplyDeleteI started learning programming before I learned touch typing, so when I realized how accessible the ; was, it just felt natural
ReplyDeleteThe problem is, because semicolons allow you to join unwieldy items, they allow writers to create unwieldy sentences that would be better broken up into shorter ones.
ReplyDeleteBut the other job of the semicolon is worse. Here's the rule: Whenever you have two "closely related" clauses, you can join them with a semicolon instead of separating them with a period. Think about what might define "closely related" and you'll start to see why, in this job, semicolons are bad news.
In any paragraph of three sentences, you could argue that two are more closely related than the third. In any paragraph of just two sentences, you could argue that they're closely related because, obviously, they're the only two in the paragraph.
http://www.latimes.com/tn-hbi-et-0723-casagrande-20150723-story.html
What I learned is never use it with AND
ReplyDeleteSystem.out.println:("Hello");
ReplyDeleteSorry if I made any mistakes. I haven't been programming for while. I just don't have any motivation. :(
I used it for ;)
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ReplyDeleteI use it to make text faces like these guys: ;-; :) :( :-( :-) :() :,(
ReplyDeleteThe people who are really good at written English often use semicolons, colons, and dashes.
ReplyDeleteOk.. But why do I have to press shift just to use colon which is more used?!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean.. ; is the ? In greek
ReplyDeleteI'm beginning to be obsessed with this channel; I've been watching it all day!
ReplyDeleteDid I use the semicolon right? ;D
I meant what I said though! This channel has great, well explained content!