semi-colon

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Also note they way I have used the colon and the way the semi-colon is used by Shakespear, to connect two sequentially related sentences.

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  • All F# commands end with a ";;" (i.e. double semi-colon). —  The Code Project Latest Articles
  • And I'll send info on the semi-colon, just in case you do ever turn up "here" again. —  Bluestalking
  • On second thought, George Bush would never speak a semi-colon. —  Political Animal
  • AIG corporate security misuses the semi-colon at the beginning of their second paragraph. —  Firedoglake
  • Interestingly, on the same topic, dialing 911, Corporate Security correctly uses a comma instead of a semi-colon in the last paragraph. —  Firedoglake
 

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