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Could the Semicolon Die Out? Recent Analysis Finds a Decline in Its Usage in British Literature and Confusion Among U.K. Students (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (8 children)

What is a semicolon used for?

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

To add a related clause; especially when it's not a complete sentence on its own.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That feels more like it calls for a comma; the "especially" transitions between the clauses. https://linguaholic.com/linguablog/comma-before-especially/

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I would usually use a comma there but I was trying to illustrate; it's a lot easier to tell when a semi-colon feels right than to contrive a sentence to deliberate it.

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