2. Disclaimer: The information contained in slides numbers 4 to 7 was used entirely from the article on the usage of semicolons on Wikipedia and can be found on the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon_usage
3. Semicolon? Is that a…? No, a semicolon is not the aftermath of a horrible automobile accident. A semicolon is a punctuation mark that is used to connect to independent clauses that are not two different thoughts. Confused? So am I; so let’s clear the air.
5. Uses and Applications(according to the Wikipedia article) Semicolons are followed by a lower case letter, unless that letter is the first letter of a proper noun. They have no spaces before them, but one space after (possibly two when using monospaced fonts). Applications of the semicolon in English include:
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7. She saw three men: Jamie, who came from New Zealand; John, the milkman's son; and George, a gaunt kind of man.
8. Several fast food restaurants can be found within the cities: London, England; Paris, France; Dublin, Ireland; and Madrid, Spain.
9. Examples of familiar sequences are: one, two, and three; a, b, and c; and first, second, and third.
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11. I told Ben he's running for the hills; I wonder if he knew I was joking.
15. Everyone knows that he is guilty of committing the crime; of course, it will never be proven.[4]
16. It can occur in both melodic and harmonic lines; however it is subject to certain restraints.
17. Of these patients, 6 were not enrolled; thus the cohort was composed of 141 patients at baseline.This is the least common use, and is mostly confined to academic texts[5].