Question

When are semicolons correctly and effectively used? when joining clauses about separate ideas into one sentence when connecting related but independent clauses of a sentence when introducing an idea in one clause that the other clause describes when linking clauses with a coordinating conjunction such as and or but NextReset

Answer 1

To my mind, the correct answer is “when connecting related but independent clauses of a sentence”. Semicolons are used to relate two independent clauses in the same sentence by introducing in some instances transition words (example “; therefore,”) or without connectors at all. However, the independent clauses are separated by a semicolon, they are closely related in thought.