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How to use a semicolon

Emma Bryce · TED

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It may seem like the semicolon is struggling with an identity crisis. It looks like a comma crossed with a period. Maybe that's why we toss these punctuation marks around like grammatical confetti; we're confused about how to use them properly. Emma Bryce clarifies best practices for the semi-confusing semicolon. [Directed by Karrot Entertainment, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Tom Jordan].

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Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Emma Bryce
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Literature and writing, Languages and linguistics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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