"A few graves in the cemetery were marked with crumbling tombstones; newer ones were outlined with brightly colored glass and br
oken Coca-Cola bottles. Lighting rods guarding some graves denoted dead who rested uneasily; stumps of burned-out candles stood at the heads of infant graves." In the excerpt above, what best describes the way in which the author is using a semicolon?
If you are in charge of going through incoming mail, you may have to underline or write in the margins anything you find especially interesting or important.
