When do you use a semicolon and when do you use a colon.  Please give example of both.  Thank you, in advance.
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There are many reasons to use either the semicolon or colon.   Use a colon before introducing a list, a formal quotation, or an enumeration that is preceded by expressions like "as follows, thus, the following."\nFor example:  We recorded our findings thus: heart, normal; lungs, normal; pulse, normal.\n\nUse a colon before an explanation or list when 'namely' can be mentally added before that explanation or list and it makes sense. For example:  The Court ruled on two counts: first, negligence; second, cruelty.\n\nBasically, a semicolon is used to separate two independent clauses that are closely related in meaning and that have no coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor) placed between them.  E.g.  No one is at fault; no one should be blamed.\n\nUse a semicolon to separate phrases or clauses in a series when the phrases or clauses themselves have commas.  (Examples of that are used in some of the colon examples I gave you.)\n\nHope this helps.  There are more rules.
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This appears to be in C# and if your are indeed using C# and trying to write a comment about the variable or something like that, just use "//" before your comment and place your comment after the semicolon or on the line before after the {   Basically, a comment is just ignored by the compiler so where you put it doesn't matter as long as the comment itself doesn't comment out code that is needed to execute.\n\npublic class ConsumedParts_UI_aspx : System.Web.UI.Page\n{ //Add comment here\nprotected string strOptions; //or here\n}
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None because:\n\n1.) There are robots all around making our lives easier.\n(took out comma)\n\n2.) There are robots all around, which make our lives easier.\n(added comma)\n*Note: This seems to be incorrect, so I will say that the answer MAY be #2, depending on how you were taught English.\n\n3.) There are robots all around; they make our lives easier.\n(changed comma into semicolon)
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Very nice; you must have picked up on the hidden clue.\n\nFrankly, it all depends.  I personally am not very found of grammatical rules, as they seem to be inherently limiting.  As far as I am concerned, you can throw the majority of those rules out the window, as long as you can express yourself clearly and be easily understood.   Case in point: Linguists and English professors do NOT usually make great writers, do they?   In principle, of course, one can always make a strong formal English punctuation argument in favor of your choice "b".  But to me "a" looks much "prettier".   So the question is: Should we keep shoving food into our mouths, mindlessly chewing, and promptly swallowing till our stomachs are full, or should we try to eat less, but eat with our eyes and palates too?   I suppose, it all depends on the circumstances and your point of view.   For instance, if you end up in a hospital with a sever case of malnutrition and dehydration, they “ain’t” “gonna” care much about how you are gonna eat or drink, as long as they end up pumping enough liquids and nutrients into you to save your life.   ... The punctuation waters start getting even murkier as more and more people begin to impose their own rules and restrictions on-line.   Ironically-enough (notice I said Ironically-enough and NOT anomalously-enough LOL) take your own example in this here on-line Y!A milieu, for instance.    The Y!A software will automatically add a question mark (i.e. a "?") to the end of every statement posted, no matter what you do, and be it really a question or NOT!  (And still, they dare to complain that some of those questions aren’t exactly questions)!  LOL    Hence, in a Y!A environment at least, both your choices would be forced into a punctually incorrect stratosphere (for "a" would become "lovelorn"??, and "b" would be transformed into "lovelorn?"?) and the only correct choice would appear to be “the initially incorrect one”, namely just “lovelorn”.  … Now, go figure!   LOL     … Yes my friend, even the oracle should strive for anomalism, at times.  :-)
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Capitalize the beginning of the sentence and the first letter of proper nouns.  Also, capitalize speech dialog when it starts in the middle of a sentence.  Sometimes people also capitalize the first letter after a colon if it starts the beginning of an independant sentence.  Hope that helps!
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I had this same problem about a month ago.  The solution that\nworked for me was to place a semicolon on the end of the return statement for the onSubmit parameter.  \n\nExample: <form onsubmit="return emailcheck(this);" action="mailto:myemailishere@e... submission" method="post" enctype="text/plain">\n\nnotice the semicolon after the end of the closing parenthesis on "this" \n\nI hope this helps.
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A colon looks like : and is usually used at the start of lists, for example,\nFor Christmas I would like: DVDs, music and some turkey.\nA semi-colon looks like ; and is used in the place of a conjunction - a word that links two sentences, for example:\nThe boy ran to the shops because he wanted to avoid the rain,\ncan be replaced with\nThe boy ran to the shops; he wanted to avoid the rain.
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"Queen Mary wanted her death to be remembered; therefore, she staged a pageant."\n\n1. Queen, not Quenn\n2. Queen Mary is two words, not one.\n3. There should be a semicolon before "therefore". Semicolons are used before conjunctive adverbs (adverbs that join independent clauses) such as: however, moreover, therefore, consequently, otherwise, nevertheless, thus, etc.
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Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.
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Actually, you don't need the comma before the "and" if you are writing a list like "sausage, pepperoni and onions."  However, many teachers still disagree on this, so honestly if you're writing a school paper, you should ask your teacher what to do.  And next year, ask your new teacher the same question.\n\nYou do need the comma+and combination when you are connecting two different clauses in the same sentence.  A "clause" works like a sentence by itself, becuase it has a noun and a verb.  However some clauses don't make sense by themselves, for example "and he is also very handsome."  Those are called "dependent clauses" because they only work as part of a larger sentence.\n\nExamples of the comma+and usage:\n\n"My boyfriend is smart, and he is also very handsome."\n"I met a woman at the grocery store today, and she told me where to find a good dentist."\n"Shakira began writing her own music when she was 8 years old, and she has been recording albums with Sony since she was 13."
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Silly, its only half a colon. Semi colon is something that you deliver commodities in.
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Kerplode is right - but that's kind of complicated.  Basically you solve both in exactly the same way.  The only difference is that instead of an = you have an > or <.  \n\nIt just looks different, there really is no difference in how you solve them.
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I can't believe how many people are answering this incorrectly!  It is two spaces after the end of a sentence, always.\n\nBy the way, you are not ancient.  You should be proud of yourself for returning to school.
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I assume that when you say "pronunciations" you mean "punctuations". "Pronunciation" is how you say a word. "Punctuation" includes period, question mark, etc.\n\nIn summation: a period is used for a statement. A question mark is used for a question. If you're excited, use an exclamation mark! If you have something to separate, use a comma, or semicolon. \n\nGo here and go down. You'll see a big chart with descriptions of basic punctuation. Read this. Go down some more and you'll see some worksheets you can print out to practice.\n\nhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/grammar/punctuation/\n\nFor a more complete discussion of punctuation, go here:\nhttp://englishplus.com/grammar/punccont.htm
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Here are a couple of examples.\n\nIf you could go out with anyone in the world; who would you go out with?\n\nHe's going to kick the football but can he make it in?\n\n\nIt seems to me that the only way you can use these two words at the end of a sentence is when there is a comma or a semicolon used in the sentence.\n\nBut there are always exceptions.  \n\nI hope someone can give you further explanation.
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British punctuation has always been like that.  When did Americans start putting punctuation inside quotations when the punctuation doesn't belong to the quotation?  That's always seemed weird to me!
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Wheee!!! Really looking to stick it to Americans... until we look at your written mechanics. LMAO!!!\n\nNo capital letters, internal comma is missing, hmmmm....\n\nGotta love it!