Definitions
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- n. 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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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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In 2008, I focused on Groovy and liked the "dynamic Java" nature of it, stripping away all the "noise" in the syntax (such as semicolons!) so you can be much more productive than in Java.
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Other punctuation, such as semicolons used to terminate a statement, are always outside of the quotation marks.
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Too many semicolons can indicate pretension, whereas a lack of them can indicate an untested author.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: Noah Lukeman on “A Dash of Style”
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Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Confused about semicolons?
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All the enumerated powers are seperated by semicolons.
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Which, in turn, means one can no longer discern whether a guy wants to date you or, like many 20-something men who moonlight as insufferable preteen girls, is just very enthusiastic about dashes and semicolons.
Elizabeth Tannen: Just in Time for New Years: Five Excuses for Being Single
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