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It may seem like the semicolon is struggling with an identity crisis. It looks like a comma crossed with a period. Maybe that’s why we toss these punctuation marks around like grammatical confetti; we’re confused about how to use them properly. Emma Bryce clarifies best practices for the semi-confusing semicolon.
Lesson by Emma Bryce, animation by Karrot Entertainment.
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-use-a-semicolon-emma-bryce
It may seem like the semicolon is struggling with an identity crisis. It looks like a comma crossed with a period. Maybe that’s why we toss these punctuation marks around like grammatical confetti; we’re confused about how to use them properly. Emma Bryce clarifies best practices for the semi-confusing semicolon.
Lesson by Emma Bryce, animation by Karrot Entertainment.
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Use a semicolon to replace a period between related sentences when the second sentence starts with either a conjunctive adverb or a transitional expression, such as for example, for instance, that is, besides, accordingly, furthermore, otherwise, however, thus, therefore.
This seems like a video game; I wish it was a real video game!
Trying to enhance my self taught english
Genuine questions:
1:38 Can, "I had no idea where to put them.", stand alone as a sentence? Doesn't it need more context, or is that a misconception?
Also, should I have put a comma after my quotation marks, and/or dropped the period in the quote? And should I have used 2 questions marks or one; or a semicolon to separate related questions, for example?
Edit: context being a more specific time and object. Am I way off here?
"I had no idea where to put my shoes, yesterday."
"I had no idea where to place semicolons, until I learned where."
And
"I had no idea where to put them."
All valid? Sorry to be pedantic, but I'm literally here to try to understand English a little better. Please correct any mistakes, lol. I think I can start with sentences with "and" because it's an extremely casual and conversational context (i.e., a youtube comment).
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I’m about to take the SATs; I just figured out how to use I semi colon (please tell me I did that right 😭)
luv this vid, so cute lol
This is still my favorite ted ed
Semi colons were confusing : they no longer are .
I always use semicolons; ever since I learned how to use them (and dashes!), they've been extremely useful in sentence structuring 😎
Wrestle with Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., please.
Semicolons were once a great mystery to me; I had no idea where to put them.
Tom, why did you subject us to that annoying and totally useless music?
I thought it was funny when the period slapped the semicolon.
Use my official audios; stop stealing my sounds.
Comma = pause
Semi colon = long pause
Period = stop.
Or that's the way I've always thought of them anyways.
I've always struggled with when to use these. I've been writing for over two decades but it's a hobby I'll never stop learning for.
I was a little confused about how to implement a semicolon in sentences; that all changed after viewing this video.
Who thinks the semicolon looks like Poliwhirl?
nice;video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!