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Or change the comma in the current title to a semicolon. It not a useless punctuation mark ;-)
by ssivark 5y ago
Or change the comma in the current title to a semicolon. It not a useless punctuation mark ;-)
- legerdemain 5y agoI'm afraid you have just demonstrated the only pragmatic use for semicolons outside the C family of languages.
- smnrchrds 5y agoHow do you separate lists of things that themselves have commas in them, if not with a semicolon? Example: San Francisco is home to law firms such as Campagnoli, Abelson & Campagnoli; Carlson, Calladine & Peterson; and Carter, Carter, Fries and Grunschlag.
- legerdemain 5y agoStyle guides for a number of other languages do it by treating organization names like titles or labels and enclosing them with quotation marks. Unambiguous!
- 8note 5y agoNested lists though x, y, and z; a, b, and c; and i, j, and k make common groups of variable names.
- jwmhjwmh 5y agoI use them fairly frequently; I find them useful for establishing a causative relationship between clauses.