- After interjections
- Before a quote
- Between independent clauses
- Before dependent clauses
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- She plays violin; and he sings.
- She plays violin; he sings.
- She plays; violin, and he sings.
- She plays violin; but he sings.
- A semicolon can replace a coordinating conjunction
- A semicolon always introduces a list
- A semicolon ends a paragraph
- A semicolon is like a dash
- Dependent
- Unrelated
- Closely related and independent
- Fragments
- After ?I came? and ?I saw?
- After ?I saw? only
- After ?I conquered?
- Only after ?I came?
- In a compound sentence without a conjunction
- Before a dependent clause
- In short phrases
- In subject-verb agreement
- She is tired; nevertheless, she works.
- She is tired; she works; nevertheless.
- She is tired; but she works.
- She is tired; and she works.
- I have friends in Spain; France and Italy.
- I have friends in Spain, France, and Italy.
- I have friends; in Spain, France, and Italy.
- I have friends in Spain France and Italy.
- Period
- Comma
- Dash
- Colon
- I studied hard; I failed.
- I studied hard; however, I failed.
- I studied hard; and I failed.
- I studied hard. However, I failed.
- The winners were Tom; age 12; Sara; age 14; and Mia.
- The winners: Tom, 12; Sara, 14; Mia.
- The winners were Tom, age 12; Sara, age 14; and Mia.
- Tom (12); Sara (14); Mia (15).
- The sun is hot; wear sunscreen.
- The sun is hot wear sunscreen.
- The sun; is hot, wear sunscreen.
- The sun is hot, wear sunscreen.
- Replace semicolon with comma
- Remove ?but?
- Add colon instead
- Correct as is
- but
- however
- and
- since
- For example
- However
- In fact
- All of these
- I love cats; dogs are fine too.
- I love cats; because they are soft.
- He slept late; he missed the bus.
- The show ended; the crowd clapped.
- I like apples; oranges, and bananas.
- I like apples; oranges and; bananas.
- I like apples, oranges, and bananas.
- I like; apples, oranges, and bananas.
