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Semicolons (;)

1. Use semicolons to separate two closely related sentences in
terms of their meanings.

Example: There are many solutions; to raise public awareness; to
provide more facilities.

Example: All these solutions have been implemented; we can

now hope there would be no problem like this.

NOTE: do
not write the next word after a semi-colon with any capital letter.

2. Use a semicolon before and comma after some words such as

“however”, “therefore”, “that is”, “for instance”, “to illustrate”,
when they introduce another complete sentence right after
another sentence.

Example: This was the happiest moment of my life; however, it did

not last much.

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