They're specifically for people who were so retarded that they failed at suicide to tattoo on their bodies.

>>25618460
checks out
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>>25618460
I hate those faggots so much. I bet they took 3 of their antidepressants and pretended they were overdosing

>>25618457
Unless I’m using it specifically for writing a list, I just kinda vibe it. I used to get top marks for my writing at school/uni and I still have no idea when you’re actually meant to use them as opposed to a comma.

>>25618457
I know how to use them, but I'm Italian. I don't think they fit English that much.

>>25618457
Used to link two related, but independent--each could stand alone as a sentence--clauses when they aren't joined by a conjunction (and, but, or, etc); or to separate the items of a list.
But, in the end, grammatical rules are a cope and good grammar is a vibe.

>>25618500
use them when you need to start a new sentence but for some reason don't want to

I don't understand semicolons; nobody has ever corrected me.

If you have two sentences that have a strong causal or thematic link you can demote the period between them into a semicolon. Some people say you should demote such periods to a semicolon. They're wrong.

The actual correct opinion is that they belong in bibliographies and computer code only.

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>>25620046

Semicolons are used to separate either:

A) Two independent clauses joined by a conjunctive adverb, or
B) Items in a list where said items themselves contained commas.

The colon is strong and decisive: it radiates Chad energy. The semicolon is weak, flabby and impotent; without fail, it makes me think the person using it must be a closeted fag.

>>25618457
You have no idea how to use a search engine either

Fun fact: the semicolon is the preferred punctuation for black looping

I bet you won't; I bet you won't; I bet you won't; I bet you won't; Yeah well I bet you won't.

>>25618457
You use semicolons as a brief pause between two sentences that are somewhat related to each other. When in doubt, use a period.

>>25618565
>grammatical rules are a cope and good grammar is a vibe.
Rules exist for a reason, retard.

>>25619179
>post about grammar riddled with errors
lmao

>>25619176
I don't really see any reason these examples shouldn't just be two distinct sentences. It just feels redundant as punctuation.

>>25620035
And what institutes these rules? More rules? What sanctions a change in the rules? t. Wittgenstein of the PI.

>>25620046
You don't "feel" the rhythm difference in your head between a full stop versus a semi-colon? It's less mundane to me anyways

>>25620038
I make no errors. Language is a whore and I use her as I please. However, there is no way to use semicolons without being gay.

>>25618457
>technically, these are two sentences, but they read like one
"I'm glad i bought them; they work perfectly"
"Please don't go; I'm really scared"

>>25620046
skill issue, seems pretty fucking obvious to me

>>25619214
I’m curious, does anyone know if there’s a way to get past this kind of stonewalling in a conversation? Is there some cheat code that can unlock new dialogue options, or do I just have to go back to my previous save and try again?

>25620065
>I surrender unconditionally

if you havent read enough books to have unconsciously absorbed usage rules for a word or punctuation mark or other feature of language, avoid using it. i dont mean this in an elitist way, it's just a sound principle.

I mainly use them for interconnected sentences that for flow reasons need a pause longer than a coma but shorter than a full stop, or wordy list.
Occasionally will also use them for clarity reasons when a list has a phrase in it among single items.

As others have noted, I have gotten no complaints on using them in this way, so will continue to do so.

>>25620060
some people have no sense of rhythm

makes sense to me too

>>25621497
w;ha;t;d do ; youm ean;? Don;t li;ke my jaz;z b;ea;t?

>>25618457
I use it instead of - now because I think - makes you seem like an AI.

>>25618457
This is like asking how a paintbrush is "supposed" to be used, lol

It's art, nigga. Writing is art. Art is informed by sovl

>>25620065
Errors beget more errors.

>>25620055
if you have to ask, you don't need to know

>>25621535
>This is like asking how a paintbrush is "supposed" to be used, lol
Instructions unclear, now I have a paintbrush up my ass. Is this art?

>>25620046
>I don't really see any reason these examples shouldn't just be two distinct sentences
there is a particular style manual based on this very principle. specifically, the principle that every sentence should contain the minimum of clauses. I was taught this style. the result is clinical. that is the intent of this style. the result can also be considered staccato in rhythm. this paragraph is an example of this style.

and that is a demonstration of why conjunctions, commas, and semicolons are used; because for logical, rhetorical, and literary purposes, the occasional long and flowing sentence sounds more pleasing to the ear. that's just the way humans are built.

>>25622902
Go read PI, evasive retard.

>>25618457
Read some early modern english literature and you'll soon realise all the rules of punctuation are made to be broken. Besides, I can't think of anything more delightful than pissing off grammar nerds; fucking squares.

>>25623091
>;
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>>25623091
to me using grammar and punctuation in a standard way feels the same as speaking with a standard accent. if you're from another background i obviously don't mind if you do things in your own ingrained way. but if you're immersed in english it's as weird to misuse semicolons as it is to pronounce vowels according to some idiosyncratic system of your own devising. perhaps this is an irrational prejudice of mine. but i think it's nice to know you're interacting with people who care about the small stuff, who share an intuitive feel for the way the language works. perhaps the justification for this conservatism is that you can trust such people to pick up on the subtleties of your own punctuation use, and you can trust their punctuation use to convey intent instead of being mere accident. possibilities for communication become richer, not restricted.

your early modern example doesn't really apply because print culture was still too new to have developed standard patterns. they weren't breaking any rules because there were no rules at the time.

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>>25618457
>what the fuck was his problem?

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>>25623170
Couldn't handle the grandeur of the styles that came before his.

>>25623170
i learned about semi colons in high school. why are so many americans just utter retards

I just think of them as something you would like to be in one sentence, but also want it to be separated from the first part of the sentence:
>Anne went to the fridge again and fucked up eating more Pudding; her thoughts whilst eating the pudding revolved around food analogies not being half as bad as people on 4chan say.
Something like that.

>>25620176
All you can do is black loop back but you shouldn't. It's just a device to shut down the conversation, and if one of the two parties doesn't want to communicate any more then there will be no communication. Your only other option is to say something that genuinely offends then or pisses them off, but that's not going back to the conversation, that's saying "Let's actually fight."

>>25623220
I’ve seen YouTube pranksters pretend to start fights in the hood, only to pants themselves and start chasing the other person around. Black people have a particular fear of being outed as gay, so even if they wanted to fight you initially they certainly won’t risk it if there’s a chance they might touch your wang

>>25618457
I take the Timothy Dexter approach to this particular form of punctuation

>>25618457
whereas you might use a comma to inject a clause in the middle of a sentence, a semi-colon would be used to put it at the end. In both cases, the rest of the sentence should make sense without the addition.

e.g.,
>Xvideos.com, being my preferred haunt, was loading slowly.
>Xvideos was loading slowly; being my preferred haunt.

A comma is also used to add clauses to the end of a sentence but only for the purpose of reordering the words.

e.g.,
>I jacked off finally
>Finally, I jacked off

>>25625349
Isn't
>being my preferred haunt
unavailable after a semicolon, it being an incomplete clause, lacking a subject?

>>25625353
That wasn't a particularly good example, I will admit. The phrasing ends up being confusing. I just wanted to repurpose the same sentence to demonstrate how I would use a semi-colon.

>>25623305
One of my gay friends said that there's a "useful" group of black thug fags on Grinder (he said "fags") because at his age a lot of gay guys want a sweet long term relationship so if you message someone you might get that back which was bullshit to him because that's apparently not what Grinder is for. But the black thug fags never do that.

This was a while ago, I think they all switched to another app, maybe the thugs all fell in love too, and started working on a dude ranch.

>>25625381
Are they experts on the semicolon? Those black, gay men?

>>25618457
Intuition, anon, intuition. Think of it like when you want to stop (.) But also continueing your sentence (,) at the same time so they kinda stack onto each other like ;
This is what the french have been doing for centuries; no rules, no specific guidelines, just write according to the voice in your head