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Semicolons

Semicolons. David Parker Raylandus Lynch Skylar Chatman Wesley Hearn. Semicolon. A semicolon is part period and part comma. It can separate complete thoughts or it can separate items within a series.

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Semicolons

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  1. Semicolons David Parker Raylandus Lynch Skylar Chatman Wesley Hearn

  2. Semicolon • A semicolon is part period and part comma. It can separate complete thoughts or it can separate items within a series. • Use a semicolon between parts of a compound sentence if they are not joined byand, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet. • Use a semicolon to join independent clauses only if the ideas in the independent clauses are closes related. Otherwise, use a period to make two separate sentences.

  3. Independent Clause • An independent (or main) clause expresses a compete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence.

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