http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SemicolonOrComma/vphk/post.htm#24145Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:59:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:24145Chameleon0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SemicolonOrComma/vphk/post.htm#24145http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-24145.xmlThere are other (less common) uses for the semicolon too. 1) To join a list of phrases or items that already contain commas: "The digitaries who signed the 1945 surrender of Japan were as follows: General Douglas McArthur and Admiral Chester H. Nimitz, United States; Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, United Kingdom; General Hsu Yung-Chang, China; Lt. General Kuzma Nikolaevish Derevyanko, USSR; General Sir Thomas Blamey, Australia; Colonel L. Moore Cosgrave, Canada; Admiral C.E.L. Helfrich, Netherlands; Air Vice Marshall Isitt, New Zealand; General B.J. LeClerc, France; Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezu, Japan." (educational sidetrack ) 2) To join two main clauses that might otherwise use transitional phrases ("on the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SemicolonOrComma/vphk/post.htm#24125Tue, 26 May 2009 00:59:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:24125rommie1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SemicolonOrComma/vphk/post.htm#24125http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-24125.xmlA semicolon unites clauses which are of similar importance and which are closely related. Example: The ground was wet; it had been raining that day. Often you'll have to choose between a semicolon and a period (but rarely between a semicolon and a comma). Neither choice will necessarily be wrong, but your choice will affect the flow of the paragraph. Rommiehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SemicolonOrComma/vphk/post.htmSun, 26 Apr 2009 00:59:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:24116jinger on digi2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SemicolonOrComma/vphk/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-24116.xmlCan someone give me examples of where i would use semicolons... thanks