What kind of sentences do you put a ; in?

Answer 1

That's called a semi colon; it combines two independant clauses in one sentence without using a conjuntion.. An independant clause is a phrase that has a subject and a verb. The first sentence of this paragraph is an example for you.

Answer 2

In English, the semicolon has two main purposes:

It binds two sentences more closely than they would be if separated by a full stop/period. It often replaces a conjunction such as and or but. Writers might consider this appropriate where they are trying to indicate a close relationship between two sentences, or a 'run-on' in meaning from one to the next; they do not want the connection to be broken by the abrupt use of a full stop.
It is used as a stronger division than a comma, or a "super comma" to make meaning clear in a sentence where commas are already being used for other purposes. A common example of this use is to separate the items of a list when some of the items themselves contain commas.
There are several rules that govern semicolon placement:

Use a semicolon between closely related independent clauses not joined by a coordinating conjunction: "I went to the pool; it was closed."
Use a semicolon between independent clauses linked with a transitional phrase or conjunctive adverb: "I like to ride horses; however, they don't like to be ridden by me."
Use a semicolon between items in a series containing internal punctuation: "There are several Waffle Houses in Atlanta, Georgia; Greenville, South Carolina; Pensacola, Florida; and Mobile, Alabama."
A semicolon can be used to separate independent clauses that are joined by coordinating conjunctions when the clauses have internal commas that might lead to misreading: "After the game, I won a red beanie baby, four edible ingots, and a certificate of excellence; but when the storm came, I lost it all in a torrent of sleet, snow, and profanity."

Semicolons are always followed by a lower case letter, unless that letter begins a proper noun. Semicolons are placed after closing quotation marks.

In Greek and Church Slavonic, a semicolon indicates a question, similar to a Latin question mark. To indicate a major pause or separate sections each of which includes commas (the purposes served by semicolon in English), Greek uses a Middle Dot · (Unicode character 00B7).


[edit] Examples
1. I am alone; my wife left me.

2. I travelled to London, England; Tijuana, Mexico; and Reykjavík, Iceland.

3. Lisa scored 2,845,770 points; Marcia, 2,312,860; and Jeff, 1,726,640.

4. Excuse me; where are the toilets?

(Note that the last semicolon in sentence 2 and 3 is acting as a serial comma.)

Answer 3

A semicolon is used to separate 2 or more independent clauses in a sentence and sometimes to separate items preceded by a colon.

Answer 4

The semicolon is almost equal to a full stop; it is used, as in this sentence, to separate contact clauses. In other words the semicolon separates two clauses that are not linked by a conjunction.

Both are correct:

His speech was inspiring; it made me realize that I want to be a teacher.

His speech was inspiring and it made me realize that I want to be a teacher.

Answer 5

The semi-colon is often used to join together two independent clauses in other words, it joins two clauses that could be sentences. For example:


Mary drives a Mercedes; Joanne drives a Chevrolet.

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Answer 6

You would put a in a sentence before a word that starts with a consanant. Such as ;A very exelent book! or the word an goes infront of words that start with an such as ; The teacher read an extravagant book to the class. HOPE THIS HELPS!

Answer 7

a compound sentence

Answer 8

two types:
1) when you explain something
2) when you ask about it like your question.

Answer 9

"Hey Dad!"
"Yes, Son."
"Dad. What sex is a full stop?"
"A full stop is male, son."

"Dad!"
"Yes, Son."
"What sex is a comma?"
"A comma is female, son. Why do you ask?"

"Dad - you're not going to believe this . . . . . !"


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