Semicolon

What's the point of that punctuation anyways? I try to use it sometimes but don't know when. I have read about it's usage but I could never really use it instead of a comma.

Comments

[Iambrony]

A Semicolon is used as:
Say this next sentence is part of a story

"Well no; wizards and sorceryers are not gay, at least not always."

A semi colon is used to express a list of things when someone is saying it, a colon is used to express things when someone is not saying it.

Or you can look it up instead of taking my not exact info, all I know is I used it right

[CaveRave]

33658 Didn't realize that anyone would actually read that. I only made that comment as I was writing my Fanfiction and was wondering if my comma is misplaced when there should be a semicolon. I looked it up and well...I don't quite get it.

It's okay though, I doubt I will need to use it.

[Iambrony]

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Lol, I'm always offering help for writers.

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[Nyerguds]

People often connect two full sentences with a comma, which is a horrid practice. The only situation in which two sentences can be linked like that is if the second elaborates on the first, and in THAT case, you connect them with a semicolon.

wrong:
We went to the kitchen, that's where the party was.

Right:
We went to the kitchen; that's where the party was.

[SoloBrony]

Personally, I'm a big fan of the semicolon; after all, connecting two related-yet-distinct ideas matches the flow of spoken dialogue better than putting full stops everywhere.

[JustAnotherTimeLord]

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The semicolon has no real use. It connects two similar sentences, where the latter elaborates on the former. However, you can replace it with a period and achieve the same meaning.

Woe is grammar stupidity.