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<p>The <b>semicolon</b> <b><i>' (or <b>semi-colon</b>) is a symbol commonly used as <a href="page.php?w=orthography">orthographic</a> <a href="page.php?w=punctuation">punctuation</a>. In the <a href="page.php?w=English_language">English language</a>, a semicolon is most commonly used to link (in a single sentence) two <a href="page.php?w=independent_clauses">independent clauses</a> that are closely related in thought, such as when restating the preceding idea with a different expression. When a semicolon joins two or more ideas in one sentence,</i></b></p><p>
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