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semicolon between clauses

A semicolon used alone to join two closely related independent clauses.

A semicolon between clauses joins two independent clauses that are closely related in meaning, either alone (Structure

Examples

  • I love spicy tacos; sometimes it's fun to try new flavors.

See also

independent clause conjunctive adverb the five sentence-joining structures
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