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** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma comma (wiki)]] | ** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma comma (wiki)]] | ||
** [[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/comma Comma (suxxex.ac.uk)]] | ** [[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/comma Comma (suxxex.ac.uk)]] | ||
== semicolon == | |||
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* example of literary use of a semicolon to separate combine distinct clauses within a single sentence: | |||
The evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not married early) was much increased by his constitution and habits; for having been a valetudinarian all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much older man in ways than in years; and though everywhere beloved for the friendliness of his heart and his amiable temper, his talents could not have recommended him at any time. | |||
from "Emma," by Jane Austen (1815) | |||