Question

Read this sentence:
She didn’t see the other car coming; now her car has a huge dent.
What is the use of semi-colon in the sentence?

Answer 1

αnswer :-

~Here,  

→ The semi-colon is used because the first sentence is related to the second one. The first sentence tells that She didn’t saw the other car coming and the second sentence indicates that her car got a huge dent because of that other car.

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Explanation :-

Semi-colon ( ; ) is a punctuation mark.

Uses of Semi-colon :

• It is used to connect two sentences that are related.  

Example –

⇒ Visit them tomorrow ; they will be home.

• It is used to separate items in a list, where one or more items already have commas.

Example –

⇒ The prize winners are from Preet Vihar , Delhi ; Jaipur , Rajasthan ; Chennai , Tamil Nadu.

• We do not use a conjunction when we use a semi-colon.  

Example –

⇒ She has two brothers ; they live in Canada.  

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