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What does Semicolon mean?
A semicolon is the mark ; used between related complete clauses or between complicated list items.
A semicolon is the punctuation mark ;. In prose, it can separate closely related independent clauses or divide items in a list when those items already contain commas. The same symbol also has specialized jobs in some computer languages.
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A semicolon can separate related independent clauses and clarify lists whose items contain commas.
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