Quote by Loi Download Open image “Your story isn't over yet. a semi colon is used when a sentence could have ended but it didn't.” — Loi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
A semi-colon is used when a sentence could have been ended; But it wasn't. — Ramandeep Singh Copy Share Image
A semicolon is used when a sentence could have ended but then was continued. Take a minute and realize this is symbolizing millions of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You practically do not use semicolons at all. This is a symptom of mental defectiveness, probably induced by camp life. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“My advice to writers just starting out? Don't use semi-colons! They are transvestite hermaphrodites, representing exactly nothing. All they do is suggest you might… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“We might also want to use a semicolon to hold together two sentences to avoid giving the reader too much time to think about the first sentence before we hit them with the second one. For example, let’s say that I was writing an email to my husband explaining why the bank account might not be quite as full as… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share
“What the semicolon’s anxious supporters fret about is the tendency of contemporary writers to use a dash instead of a semicolon and thus precipitate… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“the American essayist Lewis Thomas on the semicolon: The semicolon tells you that there is still some question about the preceding full sentence; something… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It is almost always a greater pleasure to come across a semicolon than a period. The period tells you that that is that; if you didn't get all the meaning you wanted or expected, anyway you got all the writer intended to parcel out and now you have to move along. But with a semicolon there you get a pleasant… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share
“I have been told that the dying words of one famous 20th-century writer were, “I should have used fewer semicolons” – and although I… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
The semi-colon is a burp, a hiccup. It's a drunk staggering out of the saloon at 2 a.m., grabbing your lapels on the way… — James Scott Bell Copy Share Image
![“the American essayist Lewis Thomas on the semicolon: The semicolon tells you that there is still some question about the preceding full sentence; something needs to be added [ . . .] The period [or full stop] tells you that that is that; if you didn’t get all the meaning you wanted or expected…” quote by Lynne Truss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4b9/lynne-truss-4153_quote_the-american-essayist-lewis-thomas-on-th_2003613.jpg)
