Semicolon

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ELOS
• explore the concept of the punctuation mark, semicolon.
• understand it’s usage.
• identify the instances where it is not used.
• recall the concept of coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS).
• identify the difference between a period and a semicolon and a colon and a semicolon.

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What are various punctuation marks?

Slide 3 - Open question

Which punctuation mark is this and what is it used for?
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Slide 4 - Open question

What is the difference
between a period
and semicolon?
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Slide 5 - Open question

A period divides sentences while a semicolon links them. A semicolon adds more texture to the writing.

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I am hungry. I should go to the cafeteria.

Here use of period as a division line of two sentences can be observed.
I am hungry; I should go to the cafeteria.

Here second part is related to the first and so semicolon is used to show the link between the two.

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Thus one use of semicolon is to link sentences.

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Frame a sentence of your own using the first use of semicolon.
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Slide 9 - Open question

Observe the sentence
Meet my friends. Tina from Meerut Neha from Aligarh Mohit from Delhi Sunidhi from Ghaziabad and Ankita from Mumbai.

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The sentence contains mixed information. The second use of semicolon is to provide clarity to the sentences with mixed information.

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Observe the sentence now.
Meet my friends. Tina, from Meerut ; Neha, from Aligarh ; Mohit, from Delhi ; Sunidhi, from Ghaziabad and Ankita from Mumbai.

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Frame a sentence with mixed information using a semicolon.
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Slide 13 - Open question

Before proceeding, recall coordinating conjunctions.

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She is tired; since she has been working for 4 hours.

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She will come definitely; and if her sister is free, she will come too.

(Observe the use of semicolon and comma both.)
(A semicolon is used just before a coordinating conjunction and the conjunction should always begin with a lowercase letter)

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Create a sentence of your own using any of the coordinating conjunctions.

Slide 17 - Open question

Never confuse colons with semicolons.
For specifying a list we always use colons.

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Get these items from market : kit, chair, pen and a notebook.
Get these items from market ; kit, chair, pen and a notebook.

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Hope you all have understood semicolon well.

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Summary. 
Semicolon is used to :
  • link sentences
  • give clarity to sentences with mixed chunks of information.+

  • Never use them while specifying lists.Use colon instead.

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Difference between comma, period and semicolon


  • Comma gives a pause
  • Period divides sentences.
  • Semicolon links sentences. 

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Homefun
• Read the lesson, ‘The Story of my Life’.

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