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Semicolons & Colons

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Complete/Incomplete Thoughts Review

Distinguishing between complete and incomplete thoughts is important when determining when to use semicolons and colons. Let's see what we remember.

Multiple Choice

Is the red portion of the text a complete or incomplete thought: After Coach G fed his dog a treat, it wagged its tail happily.

• Complete

• Incomplete

Multiple Choice

Is the red portion of the text a complete or incomplete thought: Until I learn how to braid hair, Andy won't let me work at his barber shop. Remember, an incomplete thought is a dependent clause.

• Complete

• Incomplete

Semicolons Refresher

• Used to link two related thoughts

• Used with two COMPLETE thoughts - you will never use a semicolon to join a complete thought with an incomplete thought

• No comma or conjunction necessary

• Example: I love the rain; I find it peaceful and relaxing.

Multiple Choice

Which punctuation should go between the red and blue text? The stamps in his stamp collection were of great quality _ they were also hard to find.

• Comma

• Semicolon

Multiple Choice

Which punctuation should go between the red and blue text? Some of the volunteers truly cared about the cause _ others were just hoping to impress their boss.

• Period

• Semicolon

Multiple Choice

Which punctuation should go between the red and blue text? We can go to the library to do our research _ Mondays are pretty quiet there.

• Comma

• Semicolon