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Re: the use of ;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%3B

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Re: the use of ;

Between 2 full sentences that have a link or association, where you don't want to end the sentence or train of thought, but another comma would be jabbering and a pause would be nice.

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first you ask about gravity and now the use of ;
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Well, the use of ; isn't always very clear if you never bother about it tongue

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Hey, you're in class to learn that kind of stuff, so hah!

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Re: the use of ;

It really isn't that difficult wink
It's when you don't want to use a period, but not a comma either! tongue
Or when you're summing up and need to split up the summed up parts...
Like Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France; Ookamoola, Zwamzwam.


See? Easy to remember! Don't bother knowing it into details, just remember when you could use it..

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no no, you all got it the wrong way. ; is the thing you put at the end of a line of code!

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Well, that's correct for Java.  Semicolon at end of statement.
But, damn it, if I could get marks for using semicolons in my classes back when I was 16, I probably wouldn't have done so badly in English class.  And if I got marks for using commas, which I use all the damn time and can't avoid, I would have been at the top of my class.

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hmm

I'm doing GCSE English Matt and I got A*s in my mocks without putting in semi-colons.

Perhaps she means using it in the "to argue and persuade" sense...I.e. using a semi-colon for a reason to manipulate how the reader thinks, such as "..." does in-between phrases, (exaggerating either side of the sentence/phrase).

BUT: even then I doubt you'll get 3 marks purely from using that.

Make up a fact like I did in my mock XD

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Hmm

I think I'm doing a different board to you.

I'm doing AQA

Which consists of: *coughs*

5 pieces of coursework

3 speaking tests

and 2 written exams...

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Hmmm, my mate's doing a Welsh board...

Are you reading "To Kill a Mocking-bird"?

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in my language ; is put in between different parts of a sentence that have no connection with eachother

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Good thing we know what your language is.
Care to tell us? tongue

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Re: the use of ;

In dutch you put a ; whenever you forget to press the shift key;

Not many people know this, but I own the first radio in Springfield. Not much on the air then, just Edison reciting the alphabet over and over. "A" he'd say; then "B." "C" would usually follow...

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