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This semicolon is your own, personal Manzikert:; pseudonymous in nc says. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Kristol Complicates Napoleon Metaphors] Reference
As punctuation marks go, the semicolon is much misunderstood. From Wordnik.com. [How to use a semicolon] Reference
The most common way to use a semicolon is to connect two independent clauses. From Wordnik.com. [PSA: The Semicolon] Reference
Some people think — or hope — the semicolon is dying off in American prose as well. From Wordnik.com. [Nate Peikos’s Comics Punctuation] Reference
Even the half-stop of a semicolon is too long a pause on the idea that they'll read your submission!. From Wordnik.com. [Cutting Out the However Splice] Reference
A semicolon is a tool, and sometimes, it seems to me, it is the only tool for a job; it creates a pause that just feels ... right. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-03] Reference
The semicolon is the point usually employed to separate parts of. From Wordnik.com. ["Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students] Reference
No, when you allocate a pointer on the stack (or any value) and do an assignment before the semicolon, that is an initialization. From Wordnik.com. [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference
Yet the semicolon is not difficult to master. From Wordnik.com. [How to use a semicolon] Reference
Explain the use of the semicolon and the comma in 4. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Therefore something more than the semicolon is needed. From Wordnik.com. ["Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students] Reference
Does the clause following the semicolon modify anything?. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
The company had spelled it backwards, and with a semicolon. From Wordnik.com. [the short history of trugoy] Reference
Notice that the two main parts of 5 are separated by a semicolon. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
I mean, I could sit and argue with myself over a colon or a semicolon. From Wordnik.com. [A Drinking Life: A Memoir] Reference
In fact, I have never used or even seen a semicolon in a Python program. From Wordnik.com. [A Byte of Python]
Manual, etc. A semicolon (;) between parts that are subdivided by commas. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Without comma or semicolon, to say nothing of periods, Evangeline panted on. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings] Reference
In the first sentence the semicolon enables us to group the objects enumerated. From Wordnik.com. ["Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students] Reference
Your replace the or with a semicolon and, you've got America, love it; leave it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2004] Reference
Compare these examples with those given to show how the semicolon replaces the comma. From Wordnik.com. ["Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students] Reference
Forman and Dowden retain the full stop; Rossetti and Woodberry substitute a semicolon. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley] Reference
In Chapter VII, a semicolon following "preyed upon her health" was changed to a period. From Wordnik.com. [A Successful Shadow A Detective's Successful Quest] Reference
The colon is used to indicate pauses more abrupt than those indicated by the semicolon. From Wordnik.com. ["Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students] Reference
The colon, semicolon, and note of admiration, were produced some time after the others. From Wordnik.com. [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference
We know you've had your problems with him, semicolon; what do you make of Michael Hayden?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 25, 2006] Reference
Would you use a semicolon to separate the sentences thus joined, or would you use a comma?. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Think of how great it will be when you give your work the last semicolon; the last period. From Wordnik.com. [zigga zoomba] Reference
The idea is to avoid the semicolon as far as possible since it leads to more readable code. From Wordnik.com. [A Byte of Python]
We may, therefore, assume that the semicolon represents 't', that 4 represents 'h', and that. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
What distinction can you make between the use of the semicolon and the use of the comma in 3?. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
The semicolon after "sorrow" should have come at the end of the line instead of in the middle. From Wordnik.com. [Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans] Reference
Obviously, the semicolon sits at the bottom of the hierarchy; after all, it's half of a colon. From Wordnik.com. [Jamie Reidy: Punctuation Plus] Reference
The court's ruling hardly places a period on the issue, more like a comma or semicolon perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [Byron Williams: California Supreme Court Justifies Second-Class Citizenship] Reference
The gallery posted a new inscription, removing the words "led to" and adding a semicolon, Campbell. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2009] Reference
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