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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDo you think use of semicolons will cause others to think you're smarter than they otherwise would?
I suspect it may; anyway, I'm going to try it.
nebenaube
(3,496 posts)LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Is that a semicolon in your pocket, or are you _________________(fill in the blank).
"Q: What is the purpose of the semicolon?
A: It can be used to either (1) separate two independent clauses, or (2) indicate an insect attack.
EXAMPLES:
(1) "Well, I'm a clause that certainly doesn't need any help!"; "Me either!"
(2) "Be careful not to bump into that ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; AIEEEEEEE!"_________________________________" -- Dave Barry as Mr. Language Person
Scuba
(53,475 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)cause:
it:
gives:
room:
for:
more!
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Since damn near every programming language since Pascal uses it as the symbol for the end of a line instead of the period they are hard to avoid.
As far as english usage I have not a clue.
Wounded Bear
(58,442 posts)You guys are using them all up.
Shit, now I have to go to Staples. Do they have semicolon cartridges on sale this week?
TrogL
(32,818 posts)What you have there is simply a run-on sentence.
RILib
(862 posts)Moondog
(4,833 posts)But then I would seem even more pedantic than I am in reality.
raccoon
(31,092 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)To anyone with programming experience this is hilarious (although semicolons would be even funnier, at least to C programmers).
https://www.google.com/search?q=images+dilbert+semicolons&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=fheMUbjsJYy-9gSe1oG4CQ&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=917&bih=567
nolabear
(41,915 posts)But not then.