Semicolon;
Lonely Island
Did
I just hear a shout-out to Blogger in the song? Yep. Well, that's
cool. I've been writing for a good 10-12 years now, and I still
don't know how to use a semicolon. I've been told by my fictional
writing teacher and my journalist teacher to never use them; ever.
In
fiction, their almost a bump in the road. Writing fiction is about
the flow of the words and not the true study of grammar.
I
love this music video, because it is clearly a parody of “All of
the Lights”. Actully, the song might be a complete
parody of Kanye West's song. I got the most lulz out of the
ending with the “M. Knight” twist. Or “This is a twist; M.
Knight.”
“Oxnard”
“ALF”:
Yes, someone actually brought out an ALF reference.
So,
how do you use a semicolon? I
looked it up on Wiki. There are three ways of using it.
Between
items in a series or listing containing internal punctuation,
especially parenthetic commas, where the semicolons function
as serial
commas:
Between
closely related independent
clauses not
conjoined with a coordinating
conjunction:
Between
independent clauses linked with a transitional
phrase or
a conjunctive
adverb:
Note:
Semicolons are also used in Arabic too, with similar results.
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