The semicolon is a simple piece of punctuation , much easier to work with than the comma because it follows fairly clear rules .
分号是一个简单的标点符号,与逗号相比,它的用法工作比较容易,因为它所遵循的规则相当清楚。
To maintain my figure , I eat only half portions of any food , always arranging it on my plate in the shape of a semicolon .
为了维持我的身材,所有吃的,我只吃一半的分量,在盘子里它们都摆得像个分号。
For complicated but understandable reasons , one student put a semicolon into an operating system command .
出于复杂但可以理解的原因,某学生在操作系统指令中用了一个分号。
So the semicolon is exactly what it looks like : a subtle hybrid of colon and comma .
因此分号长出了内涵:它是冒号和逗号的精妙融合。
How to use the semicolon properly
怎样正确使用分号?
Some people like to prefix with an exclamation point or a semicolon , rather than wrapping the whole thing in parentheses .
而有些人喜欢把感叹号(!)或分号(;)作为前缀,而不把整个东西放进括号中。
Just as recession encourages people to put on ties ( as I wrote last week ) , it also makes them look more kindly on the capital letter and the semicolon .
正如衰退促使人们打上领带一样(我写过相关文章),它也让人们更注重大写字母和分号。
You don 't use a semicolon to connect two complete sentences if there 's a conjunction between the clauses ( and , but , etc. ) .
可以不使用分号来连接两个完整的句子,只要在子句之间用了一个连词(and、but等)。
The second part of the string is the expiration date in the correct format , followed by a semicolon to separate it from the third and final part , which is the path .
You may also use a semicolon to connect two otherwise complete sentences even if they are connected by a conjunction , if the first sentence already has one or more commas in it .