Semicolons
Remember!
Sometimes, semicolons are used to separate items in a series. Use semicolons to avoid confusion when independent clauses or items in a series already contain commas.
See the examples below.
- Use semicolons to separate independent clauses that contain commas.
- B.H. Sweet, chair of the committee, announced our goals; Haresh Patel, last year’s chair, has agreed to serve as an advisor.
- Use semicolons to separate items in a series when the items contain commas.
- In five days, the tourists saw London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Copenhagen, Denmark.
Semicolons Quiz
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