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30.1 USING THE SEMICOLON
1. You may use a semicolon to join two independent clauses that are
closely related in meaning:
Insist on yourself; never imitate. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. You may use a semicolon to join two independent clauses when the
second begins with or includes a conjunctive adverb:
Shakespeare’s plays are four hundred years old; nevertheless, they still
speak to us.
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30.2 semi The Semicolon and the Colon
£ The climbers carried an extra nylon rope; to ensure their safe descent
£ Proceeding cautiously down the rock face; they neared the floor of the
canyon.
£ Although the hall was almost empty;, she came out for a second bow.
^
£ Ticket sales had been good;, which made both her agent and her man-
^
ager happy.
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The Semicolon and the Colon colon 30.3
5. Use a colon to separate hours from minutes when the time of day is
shown in numerals:
8:40 6:30 11:15
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30.4 colon The Semicolon and the Colon
1. Do not use a colon after such as, including, or a form of the verb be:
£ One morning I woke up to find that someone had taken all of my valu-
now empty.
2. Do not use a colon between a verb and its object or between a preposi-
tion and its object:
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