The document discusses the proper use of semicolons, including connecting two complete sentences and using them with conjunctive adverbs. It notes that semicolons should connect two independent clauses but not if one clause is incomplete. Common conjunctive adverbs that can follow a semicolon are also listed. The document cautions against using semicolons before FANBOYS conjunctions like "or", which require a comma instead of a semicolon.

1. THE SEMICOLON How do you use it? The semicolon is one of three ways that you can put two complete sentences back to back.