<span>Each period and comma, were inspected closely.
</span> Any Dot or dash was scrutinized.
My cookie ration was 3-1: I baked 3 cookies for every 1 that I ate.
A semicolon is most commonly used to link (in a single sentence) two independent clauses that are closely related in thought. You can also use a semicolon between items in a list or series if any of the items contain commas, or even use a semicolon between independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction if the clauses are already punctuated with commas or if the clauses are lengthy.
YYeah man I like hotdogs too but I like them with chili and cheese ha ha Ha anyways I hope that helps
