2006-10-17 04:28:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
No. Semicolon does not end a sentence.
2006-10-17 04:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by NC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SEMICOLONS (;) are flashing red lights. They make readers apply the brakes before going on. Put one space after a semicolon. Use semicolons:
To link two closely related thoughts.
Of course my stomach's rumbling; it's lunchtime.
To separate two main clauses.
Many criminals leave clues; detectives follow the trail.
(You could also turn these two thoughts into separate sentences, or link them with a conjunction.)
To separate a list of items that already includes commas, such as names and titles or cities and states.
The Century Club's new officers are Rose Harper, president; Hans Klaus, vice president; Leticia Perkins, treasurer.
So only if a Proper name or City or anything else that is usually capitalized
2006-10-17 04:38:47 · answer #2 · answered by daanzig 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not usually. Strunk and White say:
"If two or more clauses, grammatically complete and not joined by a conjunction, are to form a single compound sentence, the proper mark of punctuation is a semicolon.
Stevenson's romances are entertaining; they are full of exciting adventures.
It is nearly half past five; we cannot reach town before dark.
It is of course equally correct to write the above as two sentences each, replacing the semicolons by periods."
http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html
You would only capitalize that first letter if it is a proper noun, like someone's name, a city, country etc. etc.
2006-10-17 04:45:31 · answer #3 · answered by dontknow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a semicolon just seperates ideas, it is not a new sentence.
2006-10-17 04:37:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
You would write the sentence like this:
The day was rainy; however, we went for a hike anyways.
2006-10-17 04:35:56 · answer #5 · answered by ChemGeek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not unless it was a name of a person or place
2006-10-17 04:43:22 · answer #6 · answered by Stacy H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it's just like a comma really, but it's just linking to common sentences
2006-10-17 04:38:22 · answer #7 · answered by ChrisAds 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No; it's just part of the sentence.
2006-10-17 04:35:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no unless it is a proper noun.
2006-10-17 04:35:45 · answer #9 · answered by swimicycc03 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-10-17 04:35:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋