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Grrrrrmmar Warm-up: Semicolon Definition: You can use a semi-colon (;) to join two independent clauses. Joining two independent clauses this way implies that the two clauses are related and/or equal, or perhaps that one restates the other. (OWL at Purdue)
Dai Sijie
Examples:
“I will spare you the details of each faltering step; suffice it to say that the slightest false move was potentially fatal” (Sijie 15).
“The ground was soft and wet; the trees intertwined their branches overhead” (Sijie 46).
Write-alike: Write three sentences that each have a semicolon in them. Your topic could be winter break.