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Semi Colon

Description:

A semi colon is a punctuation mark that is used to indicate a stronger pause than a comma, but not as final as a period. It connects two closely related independent clauses or separates items in a list when those items contain internal punctuation.

Usage:

Noun:

1. When used as a noun, a semi colon refers to the punctuation mark itself.

Example sentence: Please remember to use a semi colon to join the two independent clauses in your sentence.

Verb:

1. When used as a verb, semicolon means to punctuate a sentence or list using the semi colon.

Example sentence: He forgot to semicolon his list, causing confusion among the readers.

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