Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
semicolon .
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.’
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The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.
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The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.
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The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.
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The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.
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The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.
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The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.
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The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.
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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
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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.
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