Semicolons

Semicolons are so known for their unique shape like this ; compared with a regular colon which looks like this : Perhaps your language has something similar. We discussed periods before right, at the end of a sentence? Then question marks are used when asking questions. The comma goes in the middle to separate listings, unless you're using it for a dependent phrase like this. When the semicolon is used, it can also be put in place of and. Remember how we talked about the coordinated conjunctions? Well, here a comma is used to set apart a first word or a word that stands alone and indicates place. It's almost like a preposition but not quite. Here I'm using all the marks very quickly like this and letting you sort the rest out. If you saw something like this written in your language, could you figure out the rules easily enough? If not, pay close attention to what is going where and how it is being used. Here, let's do that last sentence differently. If not, pay close attention to what is going where; it is being used. You see it, don't you? That's a coordinated conjunction right there set apart with a semicolon. Now, let's try the colon.

I like animals: cats, bats, and rats.

Colons are most often used for listings after a complete sentence is formed, usually to tell more about certain parts of the sentence.