Semicolonic irrigation

[摘要] The semicolon is misnamed; it is really a semi full-stop. The semicolon is used when two clauses that could be sentences (main clauses) are too closely related to be separated by something as bold as a full stop. (That full stop, unlike the first one, does not need a hyphen.) If you prefer, you can replace the semicolon with a conjunction: ‘The semicolon is misnamed, because it is really a semi full-stop.’ That is weaker, but at least you now know about colons as well. A colon is an introduction to what comes next.

[学科分类] 卫生学