You can replace “but” or “and” with the semicolon.
I could’ve used “but” here; I chose the semicolon instead.
I’ve used a semicolon; I’ve done it many times with confidence.
Coward
Identify two adjacent sentences. Replace the period with a semicolon.
Identify two adjacent sentences; replace the period with a semicolon.
That’s all it takes; there is more to them, but that’s a valid use of the semicolon.
Would the sentence still make sense if it were a period? Then you used it right.
I have;
This wacky dude makes me agree:
If your not confident about any grammar then you can be confident about being wrong in all grammar :D
But I love my grammar she bakes me cookies.
Mean the semi colon is a special case in English grammar, I know where to put the rest of non colon symbols. The regular one is more simple than the semi. That wasn’t supposed to sound quite like that.
If
youryou’re not confident about any grammar then you can be confident about being wrong in all grammar :D
As a programmer I use it confidently a lot, just not outside of coding.
As someone who pretends to be a cider, same, except always in the context of “huh, red squilly underline here, time to find where I missed the fucking semicolon”
So we talking an Apple cider?
Joli Rouge
Are you scrumpy?
I like this alot.
I mean, who wouldn’t. It’s so cute and cuddly.
i think op forgot about proper separation, it should have been a;lot
Thank;s im never sure when to use them.
I have watched this video; I’m still going to use semicolons with great uncertainty.
I am a software developer;
I do not understand;
Just code in Python and cry.
I would definitely cry if I had to code in Python
Have you seen JavaScript? It’s python but worse (but slightly more standard syntax (that is often optional))
I’m a full stack .NET dev, half my job is in JavaScript(/typescript).
I do enough crying coding in JavaScript.
writers 🤝 programmers
Semicolons are awesome; They’re easy to use when you know how.
Capitalization however
capitalization is not something i care for
sentence-final prepositions, however
you are not something for which i care
i am not someone friend
I Love Capitalization.
Don’t say that on Lemmy, you’ll bring the tankies.
The proper-ness of a particular semicolon depends on the confidence with which it is used. If you are confident, you cannot use it incorrectly; if you are not, you can never use it right.
Sometimes; I just sprinkle in; a bunch of random semicolons confidently to see i;f anybody else is is confident enough; in their understanding of proper semi;colon usage to call me out
I can confidently say that this guy is full of shit.
console.log("Why not?");assuming this is the most recent version of javascript, semicolons are optional now (and have been for more than a decade)
Syntatically optional, but morally mandatory
type it without semicolons and let prettier do it’s job
