The semicolon is used in the text above, to cause an intermediate effect between the comma and the period. In this case, when he used a semicolon the author was indicating to the reader that it was necessary to pause, in reading, longer than the pause of a comma, but less long than the pause of a point. This is done because the sentence displays a partially complete thought, but it will present more arguments to be finalized.
In a more simplified way, we can say that the use of a semicolon in the text above was made to separate long coordinated sentences with the same syntactic function.
Answer:
The young man sat in a chair, indolently flipping through a magazine.
The mirage of the oasis faded, leaving only the shimmering sands before the men.
The music faded, taking it's sensuous sounds with it.
We need tangible evidence to convict.
Her youth and vitality were apparent.
Explanation:
Without strong evidence, someone could easily nullify your argument.
giving punnishments, bring this theme more public so people are aware of it, show really bad side of this theme so people would understand that its a big problem.
Brutus, he killed Caesar because of Caesar's ambition.
Hope this helps. - M
