I like using these two ‘jokes’. Neither of them are actually funny, but they help (me). - What is the difference between a semicolon and a cat?? One has a pau

I like using these two ‘jokes’. Neither of them are actually funny, but they help (me). - What is the difference between a semicolon and a cat?? One has a pause at the end of its clause. The other has claws at the end of its paws. - What happened when the semicolon broke grammatical rules?? It got two consecutive sentences. —- All that said, it’s usually better not to. There aren’t really many cases in modern English where a semicolon is necessary. And there are even fewer cases where a semicolon provides a more clear expression than two sentences. In practice, they’re most often part of really badly disjointed ‘sentences’.