Semicolon+in+Word

Semicolon in Word

The **semicolon** (**;**) has only one major use. It is used to join two **complete** sentences into a single written sentence when all of the following conditions are met: (1) The two sentences are felt to be too closely related to be separated by a __full stop__; (2) There is no connecting word which would require a __comma__, such as //and// or //but//; (3) The special conditions requiring a __colon__ are absent.

Here is a famous example: It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.

A semicolon can always, in principle, be replaced either by a __full stop__