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Definition of Semicolons
1. semicolon [n] - See also: semicolon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semicolons
Literary usage of Semicolons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Efficient Composition: A College Rhetoric by Arthur Huntington Nason (1917)
"COORDINATION Coordinate elements, if words or phrases, are usually separated by
commas; if clauses, by semicolons; if clause- groups, by colons. ..."
2. Interpretation of the Printed Page for Those who Would Learn to Interpret by Solomon Henry Clark (1915)
"relation to the main idea, by the semicolons ? And you can further see how a
recognition of the force of the semicolons affects the voice, particularly in ..."
3. SAS 9.1.3 Language Reference: Concepts by SAS Institute (2005)
"Use the guidelines in the following table when your raw data includes leading
blanks and semicolons. Table 21.2 Reading Instream Data and External Files ..."
4. Sentences and Their Elements by Samuel Chandler Earle, Howard James Savage, Frank Elias Seavey (1911)
"In series of equals, commas or semicolons only are used. ... They are used more
frequently and for a greater variety of purposes than semicolons. ..."
5. Introduction to Rhetoric by William B. Cairns (1899)
"In longer sentences semicolons are used to divide a sentence into sections one
or more of which contain commas; colons set off sections one or more of which ..."
6. Introduction to Rhetoric by William B. Cairns (1899)
"In longer sentences semicolons are used to divide a sentence into sections one
or more of which contain commas; colons set off sections one or more of which ..."
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