{"id":216,"date":"2015-05-15T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2015-05-15T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T13:16:00","slug":"using-semicolons-in-exceptional-circumstances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/pagina-exemple\/punctuation\/semicolons\/using-semicolons-in-exceptional-circumstances\/","title":{"rendered":"Using semicolons in exceptional circumstances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Semicolons may be used to separate sequences of a sentence in two special circumstances.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"tipsSquare compact\">\n<li><strong>Long sentences with many commas<\/strong>\n<p>If a sentence is so long and so full of commas that it cannot be easily understood, use a semicolon to mark the most important break in the sentence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tipsCentrat\">\n<table class=\"tipsExemple tipsCorrecte\" summary=\"Taula amb exemples\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tipsEsquerra mida26px\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/files\/2015\/04\/Small_OK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-80\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/files\/2015\/04\/Small_OK.jpg\" alt=\"Small_OK\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tipsEsquerra\" valign=\"middle\">At the university, where budget cuts have threatened programmes, students, despite warnings about disrupting classes, are occupying buildings<span class=\"exemple\">;<\/span> and the teaching and non-teaching staff, whether or not they support the student demands, are unable to enter the faculties where they work.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Long or grammatically complex lists<\/strong>\n<p>Use semicolons to separate long or grammatically complex items in a list, or to make them more conspicuous than they are with commas. For example, use commas with a list of persons, places or dates, but use semicolons when the items are reasons, examples or findings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tipsCentrat\">\n<table class=\"tipsExemple tipsCorrecte\" summary=\"Taula amb exemples\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tipsEsquerra mida26px\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/files\/2015\/04\/Small_OK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-80\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/files\/2015\/04\/Small_OK.jpg\" alt=\"Small_OK\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tipsEsquerra\" valign=\"middle\">The main arguments for passing the university statutes are: their reflection of changes in higher education<span class=\"exemple\">;<\/span> the flexibility of the language used in them<span class=\"exemple\">;<\/span> and the absence of sound reasons for rejecting them.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>When items in a series involve internal punctuation, separate them by semicolons for the sake of clarity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tipsCentrat\">\n<table class=\"tipsExemple tipsCorrecte\" summary=\"Taula amb exemples\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tipsEsquerra mida26px\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/files\/2015\/04\/Small_OK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-80\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/files\/2015\/04\/Small_OK.jpg\" alt=\"Small_OK\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tipsEsquerra\" valign=\"middle\">The membership of the committee was as follows: PDI, 4<span class=\"exemple\">;<\/span> PAS, 5<span class=\"exemple\">;<\/span>students, 3.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, it is often better to split a very long sentence into two separate sentences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/pagina-exemple\/punctuation\/semicolons\/\">Back to Semicolons<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/pagina-exemple\/punctuation\/\">Back to Punctuation<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/pagina-exemple\/\">Back to Content<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Semicolons may be used to separate sequences of a sentence in two special circumstances. Long sentences with many commas If a sentence is so long and so full of commas that it cannot be easily understood, use a semicolon to mark the most important break in the sentence. 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