{"id":3945,"date":"2020-04-11T19:04:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T18:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-theme.spider-themes.net\/docly\/docs\/rogan-wordpress-theme-documentation\/elements\/image-lightbox\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T18:17:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T17:17:55","slug":"semicolon","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/styleguide.iec.ch\/?docs=iec\/typographic\/semicolon","title":{"rendered":"Semicolon [;]"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3945\" class=\"elementor elementor-3945\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f0afd43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f0afd43\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45483d5b\" data-id=\"45483d5b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f5baf4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f5baf4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Semicolon is used to mark a break that is stronger than a comma but not as final as a full stop<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Use semicolon between two clauses that balance each other and are too closely linked to be made into separate sentences [see example 1]<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Use a semicolon as a stronger division in a sentence that already contains commas [see example 2]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-640e5a53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"640e5a53\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68b285d5\" data-id=\"68b285d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3265678b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3265678b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/styleguide.iec.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Examples1.png\" title=\"Examples1\" alt=\"Examples1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30d8c847\" data-id=\"30d8c847\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ec8aa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78ec8aa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>1<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48919164\" data-id=\"48919164\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b00423f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b00423f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The road runs through a beautiful wooded valley; 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