Answer:
They can all be used to indicate a list
Examples:
-Eggs
-Pancake Mix
-syrup
Eggs; Pancake Mix; Syrup
Eggs, Pancake Mix, syrup
Formal.
As far as I know, there is no such thing as either standard or practiced diction. Informal is the way you communicate with your friends, for instance, which is not how you would write a thesis paper, legal document, etc.
Tom doesn't like attending church, he endures it, and is restive all through it. He has gone many times though, he knows the prayer so well that his ear detects any small change made by the clergyman from the regular route of the prayer. Tom doesn't like change because he considers any changes to the normal prayer unfair, and scoundrelly.
What's the sentences? I only see 1? I don't understand.