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  • noun Plural form of semicolon.

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Examples

  • Not sure, if it was a sharp-tongued critic or Günter Grass poking fun at himself who once analogously stated: ‘A sentence in which one would not find at least five semicolons, is no sentence.’

    Comma splice 2008

  • The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.

    11.03 M-mv 2003

  • The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.

    12.03 M-mv 2003

  • The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.

    Not for grammar geeks only M-mv 2003

  • The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.

    11.03 M-mv 2003

  • The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.

    12.03 M-mv 2003

  • The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.

    11.03 M-mv 2003

  • The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.

    Archive 2003-12-01 M-mv 2003

  • Another great source for proper use of semicolons is Noah Lukeman’s A Dash Of Style. on 15 Sep 2008 at 3: 10 pm Kathleen Bolton

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » On Semicolons 2008

  • A comma is, of course, probably, maybe even definitely, the one punctuation mark, even taking into consideration some people's dislike of semicolons, that is most mis-used, or over-used, I think.

    Archive 2006-09-03 Edward Willett 2006

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