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Andrews | 18:27 Wed 21st Feb 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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If a colon is to indicate the start of a list, when should you use a semi colon?
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A semi-colon is used to separate list items.
11:51 Thu 22nd Feb 2001
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It can also be used to indicate a pause which is longer than a comma but shorter than a full stop.
13:23 Thu 22nd Feb 2001
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This is in addition to the two answers already given. A semi-colon can be used to join two sentences into one sentence. Correspondingly; a colon can be used to join a partial sentence to another sentence to form one sentence. For example. "Today is Tuesday; tomorrow is Wednesday." and "Today is Tuesday: until midnight." (OK the examples might not be the best in the world but hopefully they illustrate the point!)
11:44 Tue 27th Feb 2001

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