# How to use a semicolon

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/emma_bryce_how_to_use_a_semicolon)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. \[Directed by Karrot Entertainment, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Tom Jordan\].

## Lectures

1. [How to use a semicolon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/emma_bryce_how_to_use_a_semicolon/7e7446cb8f6e), 4 min (TED's player)