{"id":833,"date":"2017-05-15T19:59:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T19:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/?page_id=833"},"modified":"2017-05-15T20:02:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T20:02:37","slug":"the-semicolon-divided-yet-combined","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/grammar-punctuation-and-mechanics\/the-semicolon-divided-yet-combined\/","title":{"rendered":"The Semicolon: Divided Yet Combined"},"content":{"rendered":"Last updated: May 15, 2017 at 20:02 pm\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo by OpenClipart-Vectors\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/05\/e830b60f2dfc1c3e81584d04ee44408be273ebd111b6194092f8_640_combine-1.png?w=678\" alt=\"combine photo\" \/>The semicolon is a punctuation device in the<a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> English <\/a>Language which is used to separate two or more principal clauses in a compound sentence. We know that a compound sentence contains two subjects and two verbs. Here is an example of a compound sentence:<\/p>\n<p>John is making a fire, and Mary is peeling the potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>The two independent clauses in the above sentences could have been made into two separate sentences, but we combine them with the conjunction &#8220;and&#8221; because they are directly related to each other.<\/p>\n<p>The semicolon is a substitute for combining sentences like the one above. Instead of using a <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/grammar-punctuation-and-mechanics\/the-comma-keeping-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">comma<\/a> and a conjunction, we can use a semicolon to do the same work.<\/p>\n<p>John is making a fire; Mary is peeling the potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>So then, the semicolon simply gives us one more option when creating compound sentences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The semicolon is a punctuation device in the English Language which is used to separate two or more principal clauses in a compound sentence. 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