Quotation Marks – Question Mark
A semicolon is used when you join two related, complete thoughts. It is usually used when you have two complete sentences about the same topic, and one causes the other. You can write them as separate sentences, but putting them together with a semicolon shows that they are connected.
For example:
- Most people are lazy; if you are willing to put in just one extra hour of effort, you can beat the majority of your competitors.
In this case, we have two distinct sentences. Each could stand on its own, and would be grammatically correct. However, they are clearly very closely linked. It is because most people are lazy that you can beat them with some extra effort. As a result, since these two ideas are interconnected, you can join them with a semicolon.
