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Published: 2011-05-25 06:47:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 2143; Favourites: 175; Downloads: 6
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Semicolons, for example, are very underused.Related content
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What's hilarious is that I seem to have made a pact with myself to use a semicolon every three paragraphs. It's like, I can't go without one.
Hehehe I bet you thought I was going to use a semicolon in this post! Well, you're wrong!
This is the true anti-humor. ;D
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So true. Poor semicolons and their underuse; commas can't do what semicolons can!!!!
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commas, are liek, my best, friend!! i use loads of punctuation even when i text! XD love it!
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My English teacher described semicolons as the "super comma." 
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Correct usage of punctuation would be well advised; semicolons, for example, are often misused.
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They're so often needed, however, where commas are mistakingly placed; such a waste.
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Perhaps the inability to use semicolons is, to some extent, the fault of teachers; if they do not know, their students will not learn from them. Then again, after having been lectured on it, many students with whom I had taken a writing class were still unable to correctly use semicolons; unfortunately, it is probable that they never will know the correct usage of that impeccable piece of punctuation.
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Truthfully, there are many situations in which it can be used, and is often interchangeable with commas. Where you use it is really up to you; whether it be to connect a relevant fragment or whole sentence when fitting. At least it'll always have one unquestionable use: dividing lists containing objects containing commas.
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Your repetition of the word "containing" is displeasing to my mind; indeed, so disturbing is it that forever it shall remain in my memory.
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Repetition is a technique used for emphasis - not a fault.
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In this case, it appears to be an ineffective technique.
By the way, your hyphen should have been either a semicolon or a dash.
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In the eyes of the beholder only.
Also, a semicolon can only connect a clause which contains a noun and verb; and "-" was used as a dash as the typed symbol is both interchangeable and is used laxly during such trivial conversations as these.
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Forgive me my error as you would have me forgive your stylistic device, and lead us not into Proto-Germanic, but deliver us from Latin.
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I agree, although I have an annoying habit of using dickinson-dashes in place of semicolons.
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So true! But, when do you actually use a semi-colon? (Never understood that one...)
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Semicolons have multiple uses. Their most common use would probably be separating items in a list which have commas in them. For example: periods, used for statements; question marks, used to ask a question; and exclamation points, used to emphasize a precautionary statement.
Another use may be to connect a complete thought to a related incomplete thought; my favorite use.
A better explanation containing more usages can be found here: [link]
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Ahh, now I know why I overuse commas... I often use them when you could use a semi-colon instead...
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I love semicolons; they make my writing look so much nicer.
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Really?
Now punctuation has a better use
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