A semi-colon can be used to separate 2 sentences (2 complete thoughts), in place of a period.
A semicolon can be used for separating the initial value, condition, and increment statement within a for loop. A comma can be used to separate elements of an array and parameters for methods and classes.
When using a semicolon you put one space after the semicolon.
Tagalog translation of semicolon: tutuldok
An incorrect use of a semicolon can be seen in the sentence: "I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight." This sentence is correct because it connects two independent clauses. An example of incorrect usage would be: "I enjoy reading; and going for walks." Here, the semicolon is improperly placed before the conjunction "and," which should instead connect the two phrases without a semicolon.
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Typically, the semicolon implies " and" and therefore using and after a semicolon is redundant.
semicolon ';' (Not applicable for block-statements)
In some cases, yes. It's usually a bad idea, however; the more common usage is for the semicolon to precede the word. It may help to ask yourself "would this still make sense if the semicolon were a period?" If so, then the semicolon is probably in the right place. There's really no reason to ever use a semicolon if you don't know how to do it properly. 99 44/100 % of the time a period will work almost as well. (The 0.56% where it won't? Programming languages.)
Well, according to what I learned when I was in Algebra I, you should never have to use a semicolon.
add a comma after the semicolon.
It goes after a semicolon. "And" is a word that finishes off a idea/list, so it has to go after a semicolon.
You can't dial a semicolon on a landline phone, nor on a mobile phone, for that matter. It's probably a good thing, then, that you never need to dial a semicolon on any kind of telephone, since a semicolon cannot be part of a telephone number.