How to use a ";"

[Jase]

Newts in your anus is a dangerous thing; they often lose their tails.

This is something I am sure zod knows much about; he's surrendered his tail many times.

[Scrumtrilescent]

tl; dr

[Panthro]

Don't scare me...ever heard of semicolon cancer?

[Jase]

It'll put you in a deep comma.

[Panthro]

A total ellipse of the heart

[Snake]

[zebrainz]

The (ahem) 1970s Alabama English teachers of my high school would not accept semi-colon usage without a transitional word; however, they seemed to pick said acceptable words from their pointy little hats at random. It's as if using a semi-colon without a corresponding transition and additional comma would get them burned at the stake; interestingly, their fear was based in a witch hunt for run on sentences.

^their version of correct usage, not mine.

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[Hawk]

easy to use...I just use my finger and hit the button that has the semi colon on it!

I highly prefer the three periods instead...

[Dpantherman]

[Snake]

easy to use...I just use my finger and hit the button that has the semi colon on it!

I highly prefer the ellipsis instead...

I fixed it for you...

[CharlotteBeer.com]

I mean no offense Hawk, but I think people these days butcher the ellipsis more than any other type of punctuation. I've seen people on the Huddle write long paragraphs with ellipses being the only separation between thoughts.

And everyone loves to add an ellipsis to the ends of their sentences these days. I guess they just want to seem mysterious ...

[Hawk]

none taken...I'm just too stupid to remember when to put in , or . or ; or : etc etc etc !!!!!

I do it often, without even thinking about it!

[Hawk]

I feel dumb asking this...

Its been a few years since I took English so maybe there are a few smart people that can help me.

How do you use “;”

Ive been using it in a list. Such as, “I'm going to work on;”

Can anyone tell me how the proper way to use it is?

fuggen Canadians!!!!!

[Panthro]

I mean no offense Hawk, but I think people these days butcher the ellipsis more than any other type of punctuation. I've seen people on the Huddle write long paragraphs with ellipses being the only separation between thoughts.

And everyone loves to add an ellipsis to the ends of their sentences these days. I guess they just want to seem mysterious ...

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