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What is the proper use of a semi-colon. From what I can remember, which is quite vague, its used to (maybe) contrast two ideas or introduce a new point..

Care to enlighten me?

[lazy pixie]

Semi-colon:
stronger comma for lists - she danced all night; slept all morning and dreamt all day.

to lead to the conclusion - Everybody had their own opinion, each individual had offered elaborate speculation but it was the judge's job to reach a decision; and there the buck stopped.

hope this helps

[qzdiablo]

;-)

Thats cool, lemme look closely at what you said until I understand.

Anyone got more examples? This one has been pissing me off for too long.

[qzdiablo]

;-{

[qzdiablo]

that one is thom yorke, with a big frown and a lazy eye

[boss]

you forgot to include a style mullet and shabbychic waistcoat.

If you do a Hulk Hogan, you can have a scene point.

[Frosty Jack]

Use it in place of a co-ordinating conjunction; this avoids over-complexity.
Use it along with a conjunctive adverb; thereby improving clarity.
Use it in a sentence sentence that involves listed items, but for which the listed items themselves have several modifiers already separated by commas.

[qzdiablo]

Originally Posted by AmbientMood

If you do a Hulk Hogan, you can have a scene point.

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