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1、 Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the Semicolon Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the SemicolonLets begin with a simple sentence:Grandma stays up too late. Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the SemicolonNow lets exp
2、and on that a bit:Grandma stays up too late. Shes afraid shes going to miss something.This is OK. Two independent ideas, separated by a period. Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the SemicolonWhat if we try to combine the two ideas?Grandma stays up too late, shes afraid sh
3、es going to miss something.Somethings wrong. We connected two independent clauses with only a comma. The dreaded COMMA SPLICE! Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the SemicolonWe could insert a coordinating conjunction:This is better! Note the comma that accompanies the coo
4、rdinating conjunction.Grandma is afraid shell miss something, so she stays up too late. Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the SemicolonWe could also try subordinating one of these ideas:Grandma stays up too late because shes afraid shes going to miss something.Notice that
5、 the comma disappeared. One idea (the second one) now depends on the other; it has become a dependent clause. Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the SemicolonBut lets try something else. Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the SemicolonLets try us
6、ing a semicolon in this sentence.Grandma stays up too late; shes afraid shes going to miss something.Notice there is no conjunction used with this semicolon either subordinating or coordinating.Just the semicolon, all by itself. Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the Semic
7、olonSometimes semicolons are accompanied by conjunctive adverbs words such as however, moreover, therefore, nevertheless, consequently, as a result.Grandma is afraid shes going to miss something; as a result, she stays up too late. Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the Se
8、micolon Notice the pattern:; as a result, semicolon + conjunctive adverb + commaThis is a typical construction with semicolons. Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the SemicolonThere is one other use of the semicolon: to help us sort out monster listsmonster lists, like thi
9、s one:The committee included Peter Wursthorn, Professor ofMathematics, from Marlborough, Connecticut, VirginiaVilla, Professor of English, from Hartford, Connecticut, PaulCreech, Director of Rad-Tech, from Essex, Connecticut, andJoan Leach, Professor of Nursing, from Farmington, Connecticut. Capital
10、 Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the SemicolonBe careful where you insert semicolons in this sentence.The committee included Peter Wursthorn, Professor ofMathematics, from Marlborough, Connecticut; VirginiaVilla, Professor of English, from Hartford, Connecticut ; PaulCreech, Di
11、rector of Rad-Tech, from Essex, Connecticut ; andJoan Leach, Professor of Nursing, from Farmington, Connecticut. Capital Community CollegeOur Friend, the SemicolonOur Friend, the SemicolonNow you know everything youll ever need to know about using semicolons! Capital Community CollegeThis PowerPoint presentation was created by Charles Darling, PhDProfessor of English and WebmasterCapital Community CollegeHartford, Connecticutcopyright November 1999
