The semicolon, in Unicode U+003B ; semicolon (HTML: ;
), is a punctuation mark with several uses. The Italian printer Aldus Manutius the Elder established the practice of using the semicolon to separate words of opposed meaning and to indicate interdependent statements. "The first printed semicolon was the work of ... Aldus Manutius" in 1494.Ben Jonson was the first notable English writer to use the semicolon systematically. The modern uses of the semicolon relate either to the listing of items or to the linking of related clauses.
According to the British writer on grammar, Lynne Truss, many non-writers avoid the colon and semicolon for various reasons: "They are old-fashioned", "They are middle-class", "They are optional", "They are mysteriously connected to pausing", "They are dangerously addictive (vide Virginia Woolf)", and "The difference between them is too negligible to be grasped by the brain of man".
While terminal marks (i.e., full stops, exclamation marks, and question marks) mark the end of a sentence, the comma, semicolon and colon are normally sentence internal, making them secondary boundary marks. Semicolons are intermediate in between terminal marks and commas; their strength is equal to that of the colon.
Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination. Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, under MCA Records Canada.
Her first international album was the rock-influenced Jagged Little Pill, released in 1995. Jagged has sold more than 33 million units globally. Her following album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998 and was a success as well. Morissette took up producing duties for her subsequent albums, which include Under Rug Swept, So-Called Chaos and Flavors of Entanglement. Morissette has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. Morissette is also known for her powerful and emotive mezzo-soprano voice.
Morissette acquired United States citizenship in 2005.
Morissette was born June 1, 1974 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Georgia Mary Ann (née Feuerstein), a teacher of Hungarian descent, and Alan Richard Morissette, a French-Canadian high school principal. She has a twin brother, Wade Morissette, (also a musician) who was born 12 minutes after her. Morissette was raised Catholic. She attended Glebe Collegiate Institute (Ottawa, Canada) for high school.
Ok everyone welcome to grammar class.
Today we are learning about semicolons.
ooo, ooo, ooo!
Yes, Lonely Island?
We use semicolons everyday
Can you give me an example?
Oh hell yeah
Get ready for a whale of a time; shamu
My whole team coming clean; shampoo
These dudes is comic relief; whoopi
And I'm the motherfucking monster; cookie
When you see me better cross the street; frogger
Then go home and write about it; blogger
Did I do that?; urkel
Yo, Angela who's the boss?; merkel
I'll take you where you've never been; oxnard
Then make you suck a bull's nut; oxnard
If Miss Moore married Josh; Demi Brolin
A comma and a fucking dot; semicolon
We run these streets; stop lights
All eyes on me; spot lights
Each semicolon brings us closer to the top
I'm loud and I'm zipping around; jet ski
You dick is little like wanye; gretzky
But Gretzky's got a big dick; clarification
Everyone who's rude to me; paris vacation
My stomach's getting fat; food
Leave trash inside my car; rude
You acting all mach-ee-o; ralph
But I'll eat all your cats; alf
We run the game; umpire
Always chase the night; young squire
These semicolons are my light inside the dark
It's right under your nose, semicolon; mouth
Opposite of north, semicolon; south
Right over your home, semicolon; attic
Hooked on semicolons, semicolon; addict
We got the game on lock; toy chest
You're too big for your clothes; boy's vest
You know we out of control; no brakes
Your birthday party sucked; no cakes
When it comes to punctuation
You know we're number one
And to the people of every nation
Feel the power of the semicolon
Semicolons, we rest our case
No, actually those are examples of colons.
You all get F's