How to use a COLON and SEMICOLON | Learn with Examples

[@legitmanzar2139]

I love my father;he makes me happy

[@yanizbarrandatvvlogs1541]

Kindly put a space after semicolon😊

[@speakz2030]

I love my father: he makes me happy. You're explaining why

[@hackeemationsofficial1601]

@@speakz2030 4:56

[@manban2457]

@@speakz2030 But you're not making your reader think, "Why?" In the first sentence. A colon would be better if the sentence was "There is a reason why I love my father: he makes me happy."

[@tahirmasood1122]

4:18

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Colon: a punctuation mark. I'm glad I'm learning this; it's really helpful to me.

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yeah

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I love writing; It helps me to express myself.

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Hannah told her friend: " I can't go to the mall with you because I have other plans"

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Nice punctuation.

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This video is so helpful for me; it clears my doubts. This basket has various items. It contains: potato, tomato, onions, vegetables; mango, apples, orange, fruits.

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Glad to help!

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What is colon

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I love playing soccer ; it make me happy

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I love the way you explain every idea you're trying to prove; it does help me a lot, in avoiding grammatical errors

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Thank you!

[@marzuqchowdhury5724]

NO

[@mustafafahad4486]

lol

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[@catholicfemininity2126]

She feels relieved: for 20 years she never understood colons, but now she does.

[@misbakhan7021]

I love my mom; she helps me do my homework

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Good example!

[@treasureqoutes6972]

I love writing!; it clears up my mind.

[@Aliabbas_]

I love Allah;he is our creater

[@delhidelights4779]

Best easiest simplest explanation

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Glad you think so!

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I can watch this video many times; it is very refreshing.

[@David18937]

I love my dad;he makes me smile

[@ClaudiaQuinn-O]

Thank you so much- I needed this refresher!

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Gageline3]

I would like to go: Los angeles, Germany, Colombia. Is that right?

[@watchmore4732]

She runs swiftly ; she has to win competition

[@thanhtun5477]

Excellent.brief and very understandable explanation.

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Thank you!

[@ruthshishi4124]

I love my son; he is sweet, sensitive and very understanding. My spiritual father taught me two things that are important for you to have a good marriage;being intentional and putting conscious effort about making things right.

[@edgarnajera5318]

I love my dog; he makes my day when I get home. Is this sentence correct?

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Yes, correct!

[@untitled.user0]

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[@EverydayEnglishh]

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I enjoyed this video; It was very informative.

[@EverydayEnglishh]

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[@zzaqcde]

Thanks for a good lecture :) I have a question. (I'm an EFL learner.) I think "My teacher is the best" is qualified by the following explanation "she always helps me". I see cause&effect relation b/w them. Or maybe the latter is a paraphrase of the former in light of the supposition that being a good teacher is being helpful for students. Among the colon examples, "She was feeling really down last week" is also given grounds by the following statement "she had failed her exam and lost her job." It seems that in both cases the former is a general idea that is supported by the latter, which is more specific. Could you give me more detailed explanations on when to use semi-colons, please? Thanks in advance :)

[@MoaathAlabdouli]

I need to practice the following skills: Reading, listening; speaking, writing; grammar and vocabulary. (Note that I study each of the two skills between the semi-colon, as a combination and separately).

[@Rohit-u6r7m]

I want to appreciate this video; it helps me to learn writing skills.

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Glad it was helpful!

[@aweken-i5j]

This vedio :helped me to get a better idea of what I should do

[@rockingshrey9131]

Thanks,for helping

[@warriorsandweirdos4819]

Thanks for this video ; I've learned a lot

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Glad it was helpful!

[@arifaxo3922]

Semi-colon - I love my family; they help me to become a better person. Colon: I need some essentials for myself, I need: a candle, body wash, shampoo, body spray and face wash.

[@complete360solutions6]

this is: A good video

[@luminouslumi7462]

this is a very useful video; I would love to watch this everyday. Thank you! you just clarified my entire semi-colon confusion in 5 minutes!!

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheVIRENDRA198]

I am happy ; I have finally learnt how to use semicolons.

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Excellent! 👌🏻

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Thanks for your efforts.

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Welcome!

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[@bioisbest5051]

We all love to almighty Allah; he is the creater of us.

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[@Pakistaniculture-jv8bo]

I love watching horror movies; they give me goosebumps. Is it correct?

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Yes, that's right!

[@SRVARMAN]

I love my family;they are a important part of my life

[@SaraMB-yd5ym]

I love reading; it makes me happy

[@braininjars840]

I have my test tomorrow Thank you

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Good luck!

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I love playing with my dog🐶;she makes my day happy. Thx a lot❤️

[@vihi2097]

I love this video ; it teaches me alot. It is correct?

[@EverydayEnglishh]

You've used the semicolon correctly!

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[@markbarnard6004]

Question in the book of Romans chapter 8 verse 17 there's a semicolon would that be saying that you're only a joint heir only if you suffer with him which is living out of Paul's doctrine

[@11stemgen1dinoeldinjr.d.de8]

Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. I think, this is connected to: 2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: The Context was about a Christians reign at the Millennium, the Colon introduced this "if we deny him, he also will deny us: ". But notice what was before the Colon, it is about the reign of a Christian at the Millennium. Because of this the whole verse is about a Christians reign. A Christians reign is conditional, the word "if" gives a condition: if you suffer for him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmbShGyefd6tqNk

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[@EverydayEnglishh]

Glad it helped!

[@Rip_ping69]

I love my mother;she raised me

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Thanks for teaching; it really helps

[@EverydayEnglishh]

You're welcome!

[@manjushaanjne6984]

Thanks you so much

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Most welcome!

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You will need : paper water and cups.

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Don't forget the comma!

[@NickFILM17]

Excellent video

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Thank you very much!

[@jackdarby2168]

I have to deal with sentences like these: "THE EARLIEST PRODUCT OF RATIONALISM in the so-called 'scientific' field was Cartesian mechanism; materialism was not due to appear until later, for as explained elsewhere, the word and the thing itself are not actually met with earlier than the eighteenth century; besides, whatever may have been the intentions of Descartes himself (and it is in fact possible, by pursuing to the end the logical consequences of his ideas, to extract from them theories that are mutually very contradictory), there is nonetheless a direct filiation between mechanism and materialism. In this connection it is useful to recall that, although the ancient atomistic conceptions such as those of Democritus and especially of Epicurus can be qualified as mechanistic, these two being the only 'precursors' from the ancient world whom the moderns can with any justification claim as their own in this field, their conceptions are often wrongly looked upon as the earliest form of materialism: for materialism implies above all the modern physicist's notion of 'matter', and at that time this notion was still a long way from having come to birth. The truth is that materialism merely represents one of the two halves of Cartesian dualism, the half to which its author had applied the mechanistic conception; it was sufficient thereafter to ignore or to deny the remaining half, or what comes to the same thing, to claim to bring the whole of reality into the first half, in order to arrive quite naturally at materialism"...and the like. It's quite hard. I guess I have to study grammar in detail first; there's no easy way around it. The slightest error in usage would change the tone of a sentence.

[@hanifasiddiqa580]

I went to Bangladesh,Dhaka; Saudi’s Arabia Makha; London,England and Doha,Qatar

[@srayan0950]

I hate School; They always stress me out

[@legend-po3wy]

My mother is the best; she takes care of mi.

[@Techmind009]

Love from Pakistan

[@EverydayEnglishh]

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[@hesanya8221]

i need to bring these items for the trip: tents,torch,food and water.

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[@anujamm]

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Thank you for this video; it helped me a lot.

[@EverydayEnglishh]

Glad it helped!

[@brandonpotter4641]

Here's a question for ya! In this passage, would the punctuation after 'football' be a colon or a semicolon? And would the punctuation after 'stretching' be a semicolon or a comma? As a preschooler and early grade-schooler, my parents tried to get me to play almost every sport except for football; my team won a little league baseball championship, but I didn’t like it; I played a season of basketball in which I don’t think I scored a single point; I quit after the first day of both soccer and karate, because I didn’t have the fortitude to withstand their respective running and stretching, etc. I would think that the one after 'football' would be a colon, but there were other sports not mentioned in the list, so to me, that would mean a colon is not appropriate. As for the one after 'stretching,' it seems unnecessary to use a semicolon to introduce 'etc.' Would you agree? All helps is appreciated! :)

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[@brandonpotter4641]

@@ALLINONE-cg5pw I'm unsure how that's funny lol

[@OSARF]

I think that the punctuation after football should actually be a period instead of a semicolon, but if you insist I think it would be better to use be a colon instead of a semicolon. I think the comma after the word stretching is fine, however I do think that in that section you should have phrased it as running, stretching, etc. I also think that sentence might be a bit long, so maybe it would've been better to split it up into several sentences. I would have written it like this: As a preschoooler and early grade-schooler, my parents tried to get me to play almost every sport except for football. My team won a little league baseball championship, but I didn't enjoy playing. I played a season of basketball in which I don't think I scored a single point. I quit after the first day of both soccer and karate; I didn't have the fortitude to withstand their respective running, stretching, etc.

[@brandonpotter4641]

@@OSARF Thank you! :) perhaps I'll change it to that

[@Pakistaniculture-jv8bo]

After graduation, I will go on a world tour and I'll visit: New Delhi, India, Istanbul, Turkey; Cairo, Egypt; and Venice, Italy.

[@khanmuhammad9739]

Semi colon is present between India and Istanbul

[@11stemgen1dinoeldinjr.d.de8]

I think you missed one, I have a Book Merriam Webster Dictionary Eleventh Edition, and one of the purposes of the colon is to Restate.

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Good❤

[@NehaChowdhury-f9c]

Punctuation are qute easy; periods, commas, and colons are some examples. Semi colons: a confusing subject for many.

[@braininjars840]

Very helpful Thank you very much

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My cat is adorable : because she loves everyone

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When I go to the store I need to buy: a carton of milk; a pack of lays and a box of Oreos.

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I sleep late at nights;i watch late nights movies.

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What makes up an independent clause?

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[@stephenprice3357]

Wouldn’t dialogue be in quotes?

[@EverydayEnglishh]

You mean speech marks? Yes.

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[@michaelkearney5562]

At 03:32, I am sure that you meant to say semi-colon instead of colon.

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He is a social helper because he helps hawkers or else you can write it like this he is a social helper; he helps hawkers

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