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ImPostingOnHNyesterday at 7:02 PM1 replyview on HN

A semicolon is for separating list items that follow a colon


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garciansmithyesterday at 7:09 PM

Semicolons have more than one use.

"In regular prose, a semicolon is most commonly used between two independent clauses not joined by a conjunction to signal a closer connection between them than a period would." Chicago Manual of Style, 18th Edition, 407.

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