Key Takeaways<\/h3>\r\nRemember: a comma can join a complete idea to other items while a semicolon needs to connect a grammatically complete idea on either side.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe semicolon can also be used to separate\u00a0items in a list when those items have internal commas:\r\n\r\n \t- As a photographer for National Geographic, Renato had been to\u00a0a lot of different places including S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil; Kobe, Japan;\u00a0Kyiv, Ukraine; and Barcelona, Spain.<\/li>\r\n \t
- As an engineering assistant, I had a variety of duties: participating in pressure ventilation surveys; completing daily drafting, surveying, and data compilation; and acting as a company representative during a roof-bolt pull test.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n
Practice<\/h3>\r\nDo\u00a0the following sentences\u00a0need a comma or a semicolon?\r\n\r\n \t- Kieran never throws anything away\u00a0__\u00a0he's convinced\u00a0he'll need these things someday.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Because I left my keys at my apartment\u00a0__\u00a0I had to stay on campus and wait for my roommate.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Zebras are the most popular animals at my local zoo __ however __\u00a0elephants are my favorite animal.<\/li>\r\n \t
- The company had four\u00a0primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts\u00a0__ San Antonio, Texas __ Chicago, Illinois __ and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"600237\"]Show Answers[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"600237\"]\r\n
\r\n \t- semicolon (;) A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other.\r\n
\r\n \t- Kieran never throws anything away;\u00a0he's convinced he'll need these things someday.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
- comma (,)\u00a0The conjunction\u00a0because<\/em> turns an independent clause into a dependent clause. Dependent clauses are followed by commas, not semicolons.\r\n
\r\n \t- Because I left my keys at my apartment, I had to stay on campus and wait for my roommate.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
- semicolon (;) before and a comma (,) after A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other. Clauses that begin with\u00a0however<\/em>\u00a0are independent clauses.\r\n
\r\n \t- Zebras are the most popular animals at my local zoo; however, elephants are my favorite animal.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
- semicolons (;)\u00a0A\u00a0semicolon can be used to separate items in a complex list.\r\n
\r\n \t- The company had four primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts;\u00a0San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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[If you don’t know why the abbreviation TL;DR<\/em> is ironic on a page about semicolons, you should read this page. Trust us that the material won’t be too long, and you’ll be glad you did read it.]<\/p>\nThe semicolon is one of the most misunderstood and misused punctuation marks; in fact, it is often mistaken for the colon, which we’ll discuss next. However, these two punctuation marks are not interchangeable. A semicolon connects two complete ideas (a complete idea has a subject and a verb) that are related conceptually to each other. Look at this sentence, for example:<\/p>\n
Robinson’s statue is\u00a0presently displayed\u00a0in the center of the exhibit; this location makes it a\u00a0focal point and allows it to direct the flow of museum visitors.<\/p>\n
The first idea tells us where Robinson’s statue is, and the second idea tells us more about the location and its importance. Each of these ideas could be its own sentence, but by using a semicolon, the author is telling the reader that the two ideas are closely related.\u00a0You might have been in the habit of putting a comma in the place of the semicolon if you’ve wanted to signal a close relationship but haven’t felt confident about semicolons; that habit is grammatically unconventional in standardized English. Using a comma that way creates a comma splice<\/strong>, which we’ll also discuss later in this module.<\/p>\n\n\nKey Takeaways<\/h3>\n
Remember: a comma can join a complete idea to other items while a semicolon needs to connect a grammatically complete idea on either side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The semicolon can also be used to separate\u00a0items in a list when those items have internal commas:<\/p>\n
\n- As a photographer for National Geographic, Renato had been to\u00a0a lot of different places including S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil; Kobe, Japan;\u00a0Kyiv, Ukraine; and Barcelona, Spain.<\/li>\n
- As an engineering assistant, I had a variety of duties: participating in pressure ventilation surveys; completing daily drafting, surveying, and data compilation; and acting as a company representative during a roof-bolt pull test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Practice<\/h3>\n
Do\u00a0the following sentences\u00a0need a comma or a semicolon?<\/p>\n
\n- Kieran never throws anything away\u00a0__\u00a0he’s convinced\u00a0he’ll need these things someday.<\/li>\n
- Because I left my keys at my apartment\u00a0__\u00a0I had to stay on campus and wait for my roommate.<\/li>\n
- Zebras are the most popular animals at my local zoo __ however __\u00a0elephants are my favorite animal.<\/li>\n
- The company had four\u00a0primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts\u00a0__ San Antonio, Texas __ Chicago, Illinois __ and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nShow Answers<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n- semicolon (;) A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other.\n
\n- Kieran never throws anything away;\u00a0he’s convinced he’ll need these things someday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- comma (,)\u00a0The conjunction\u00a0because<\/em> turns an independent clause into a dependent clause. Dependent clauses are followed by commas, not semicolons.\n
\n- Because I left my keys at my apartment, I had to stay on campus and wait for my roommate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- semicolon (;) before and a comma (,) after A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other. Clauses that begin with\u00a0however<\/em>\u00a0are independent clauses.\n
\n- Zebras are the most popular animals at my local zoo; however, elephants are my favorite animal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- semicolons (;)\u00a0A\u00a0semicolon can be used to separate items in a complex list.\n
\n- The company had four primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts;\u00a0San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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Practice<\/h3>\r\nDo\u00a0the following sentences\u00a0need a comma or a semicolon?\r\n\r\n \t- Kieran never throws anything away\u00a0__\u00a0he's convinced\u00a0he'll need these things someday.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Because I left my keys at my apartment\u00a0__\u00a0I had to stay on campus and wait for my roommate.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Zebras are the most popular animals at my local zoo __ however __\u00a0elephants are my favorite animal.<\/li>\r\n \t
- The company had four\u00a0primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts\u00a0__ San Antonio, Texas __ Chicago, Illinois __ and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"600237\"]Show Answers[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"600237\"]\r\n
\r\n \t- semicolon (;) A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other.\r\n
\r\n \t- Kieran never throws anything away;\u00a0he's convinced he'll need these things someday.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
- comma (,)\u00a0The conjunction\u00a0because<\/em> turns an independent clause into a dependent clause. Dependent clauses are followed by commas, not semicolons.\r\n
\r\n \t- Because I left my keys at my apartment, I had to stay on campus and wait for my roommate.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
- semicolon (;) before and a comma (,) after A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other. Clauses that begin with\u00a0however<\/em>\u00a0are independent clauses.\r\n
\r\n \t- Zebras are the most popular animals at my local zoo; however, elephants are my favorite animal.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
- semicolons (;)\u00a0A\u00a0semicolon can be used to separate items in a complex list.\r\n
\r\n \t- The company had four primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts;\u00a0San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
[If you don’t know why the abbreviation TL;DR<\/em> is ironic on a page about semicolons, you should read this page. Trust us that the material won’t be too long, and you’ll be glad you did read it.]<\/p>\nThe semicolon is one of the most misunderstood and misused punctuation marks; in fact, it is often mistaken for the colon, which we’ll discuss next. However, these two punctuation marks are not interchangeable. A semicolon connects two complete ideas (a complete idea has a subject and a verb) that are related conceptually to each other. Look at this sentence, for example:<\/p>\n
Robinson’s statue is\u00a0presently displayed\u00a0in the center of the exhibit; this location makes it a\u00a0focal point and allows it to direct the flow of museum visitors.<\/p>\n
The first idea tells us where Robinson’s statue is, and the second idea tells us more about the location and its importance. Each of these ideas could be its own sentence, but by using a semicolon, the author is telling the reader that the two ideas are closely related.\u00a0You might have been in the habit of putting a comma in the place of the semicolon if you’ve wanted to signal a close relationship but haven’t felt confident about semicolons; that habit is grammatically unconventional in standardized English. Using a comma that way creates a comma splice<\/strong>, which we’ll also discuss later in this module.<\/p>\n\n\nKey Takeaways<\/h3>\n
Remember: a comma can join a complete idea to other items while a semicolon needs to connect a grammatically complete idea on either side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The semicolon can also be used to separate\u00a0items in a list when those items have internal commas:<\/p>\n
\n- As a photographer for National Geographic, Renato had been to\u00a0a lot of different places including S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil; Kobe, Japan;\u00a0Kyiv, Ukraine; and Barcelona, Spain.<\/li>\n
- As an engineering assistant, I had a variety of duties: participating in pressure ventilation surveys; completing daily drafting, surveying, and data compilation; and acting as a company representative during a roof-bolt pull test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Practice<\/h3>\n
Do\u00a0the following sentences\u00a0need a comma or a semicolon?<\/p>\n
\n- Kieran never throws anything away\u00a0__\u00a0he’s convinced\u00a0he’ll need these things someday.<\/li>\n
- Because I left my keys at my apartment\u00a0__\u00a0I had to stay on campus and wait for my roommate.<\/li>\n
- Zebras are the most popular animals at my local zoo __ however __\u00a0elephants are my favorite animal.<\/li>\n
- The company had four\u00a0primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts\u00a0__ San Antonio, Texas __ Chicago, Illinois __ and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nShow Answers<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n- semicolon (;) A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other.\n
\n- Kieran never throws anything away;\u00a0he’s convinced he’ll need these things someday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- comma (,)\u00a0The conjunction\u00a0because<\/em> turns an independent clause into a dependent clause. Dependent clauses are followed by commas, not semicolons.\n
\n- Because I left my keys at my apartment, I had to stay on campus and wait for my roommate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- semicolon (;) before and a comma (,) after A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other. Clauses that begin with\u00a0however<\/em>\u00a0are independent clauses.\n
\n- Zebras are the most popular animals at my local zoo; however, elephants are my favorite animal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- semicolons (;)\u00a0A\u00a0semicolon can be used to separate items in a complex list.\n
\n- The company had four primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts;\u00a0San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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- \r\n \t
- semicolon (;) A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other.\r\n
- \r\n \t
- Kieran never throws anything away;\u00a0he's convinced he'll need these things someday.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
- comma (,)\u00a0The conjunction\u00a0because<\/em> turns an independent clause into a dependent clause. Dependent clauses are followed by commas, not semicolons.\r\n
- \r\n \t
- Because I left my keys at my apartment, I had to stay on campus and wait for my roommate.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
- semicolon (;) before and a comma (,) after A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other. Clauses that begin with\u00a0however<\/em>\u00a0are independent clauses.\r\n
- \r\n \t
- Zebras are the most popular animals at my local zoo; however, elephants are my favorite animal.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
- semicolons (;)\u00a0A\u00a0semicolon can be used to separate items in a complex list.\r\n
- \r\n \t
- The company had four primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts;\u00a0San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"[If you don’t know why the abbreviation TL;DR<\/em> is ironic on a page about semicolons, you should read this page. Trust us that the material won’t be too long, and you’ll be glad you did read it.]<\/p>\n
The semicolon is one of the most misunderstood and misused punctuation marks; in fact, it is often mistaken for the colon, which we’ll discuss next. However, these two punctuation marks are not interchangeable. A semicolon connects two complete ideas (a complete idea has a subject and a verb) that are related conceptually to each other. Look at this sentence, for example:<\/p>\n
Robinson’s statue is\u00a0presently displayed\u00a0in the center of the exhibit; this location makes it a\u00a0focal point and allows it to direct the flow of museum visitors.<\/p>\n
The first idea tells us where Robinson’s statue is, and the second idea tells us more about the location and its importance. Each of these ideas could be its own sentence, but by using a semicolon, the author is telling the reader that the two ideas are closely related.\u00a0You might have been in the habit of putting a comma in the place of the semicolon if you’ve wanted to signal a close relationship but haven’t felt confident about semicolons; that habit is grammatically unconventional in standardized English. Using a comma that way creates a comma splice<\/strong>, which we’ll also discuss later in this module.<\/p>\n
\n\nKey Takeaways<\/h3>\n
Remember: a comma can join a complete idea to other items while a semicolon needs to connect a grammatically complete idea on either side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The semicolon can also be used to separate\u00a0items in a list when those items have internal commas:<\/p>\n
- \n
- As a photographer for National Geographic, Renato had been to\u00a0a lot of different places including S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil; Kobe, Japan;\u00a0Kyiv, Ukraine; and Barcelona, Spain.<\/li>\n
- As an engineering assistant, I had a variety of duties: participating in pressure ventilation surveys; completing daily drafting, surveying, and data compilation; and acting as a company representative during a roof-bolt pull test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Practice<\/h3>\n
Do\u00a0the following sentences\u00a0need a comma or a semicolon?<\/p>\n
- \n
- Kieran never throws anything away\u00a0__\u00a0he’s convinced\u00a0he’ll need these things someday.<\/li>\n
- Because I left my keys at my apartment\u00a0__\u00a0I had to stay on campus and wait for my roommate.<\/li>\n
- Zebras are the most popular animals at my local zoo __ however __\u00a0elephants are my favorite animal.<\/li>\n
- The company had four\u00a0primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts\u00a0__ San Antonio, Texas __ Chicago, Illinois __ and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nShow Answers<\/span><\/p>\n\n
- \n
- semicolon (;) A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other.\n
- \n
- Kieran never throws anything away;\u00a0he’s convinced he’ll need these things someday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- comma (,)\u00a0The conjunction\u00a0because<\/em> turns an independent clause into a dependent clause. Dependent clauses are followed by commas, not semicolons.\n
- \n
- Because I left my keys at my apartment, I had to stay on campus and wait for my roommate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- semicolon (;) before and a comma (,) after A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other. Clauses that begin with\u00a0however<\/em>\u00a0are independent clauses.\n
- \n
- Zebras are the most popular animals at my local zoo; however, elephants are my favorite animal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- semicolons (;)\u00a0A\u00a0semicolon can be used to separate items in a complex list.\n
- \n
- The company had four primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts;\u00a0San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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- The company had four primary locations: Boston, Massachusetts;\u00a0San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; and Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
- semicolon (;) A semicolon connects two independent clauses\u00a0that are connected to each other.\n
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