Do you want to learn an easy, smart method to upgrade your English writing? A way to get higher grades and better job prospects, while looking more educated? Watch this important lesson and learn all about the semi-colon. I explain exactly what this punctuation mark is, how to use it, why we use it, when to use it, and when NOT to use it. This one lesson can take your English to a higher level – guaranteed!
Test your understanding of the English lesson by answering these questions. You will get the answers and your score at the end of the quiz.
89 COMMENTS
I have enjoyed this lesson. Thank you
James golden
Glad to hear it, James. That small semi-colon can really make a difference to the quality of your English writing. All the best to you!
Rebecca
Thank you ma’am.
shubhammm
Thanks a lot
Zainab Al-Sayad
Good learning!
abualam
I got 08/10. Thank you Rebecca!
Annie
Wow my… I don’t believe it! I got 9 out of 10.
Super cool.
I so happy Yes yes yes…
Thanks Rebecca!! So good!
Rosemaryoliveira
Congratulations to you, Rosemary. Clearly, you understood the lesson well and were able to apply the rules correctly in practice. Great job! My best wishes to you.
Rebecca
Thank you Rebecca.
ann ann
Thank you Rebecca.
Dejene Gersu
Thank you Rebecca.I will try to semi-colon in my GRE exam;I hope I get the higher score in the writing part.
pen2009
Detail explanation. Please make a video about Full-Colon(:)
immk
nice lesson, thank you
Vida
I’ve got 10/10/ Thank you very much, Rebecca!
Nata1700
Hello,how can i take my lessons on this website, could you help me
Aenei
I got 7/10 the lesson is quite difficult. Thank Rebecca
nguyen van long
i got 6/10 thanks
bilkisu ibrahim
Thank you very much for the lesson. As always, your’s explanations of difficult topics of english grammar are both brilliant and simple. I was quite surprised though that you should use a semi-colon before a transitional expression and not just a regular comma. This is something I was unaware of all this time until now.
angrybirdie
8/10 thanks for this encouraging lesson
Iwegbu
I enjoyed the demonstration of the subtle use of semicolon. I am able to use it in French but I have never learned formal use. Thank you Rebecca.
A question please; should I capitalize the “f” of “french” as above?
beernaard
Yes, in English, names of languages and nationalities must be capitalized. Glad you found the lesson useful! Once you start using the semi-colon in your writing, you will take your English to a higher level. All the best to you, beernaard.
Rebecca
Thank you Rebecca.
beernaard
8/10.
Really nice class!
Thanks, Rebecca.
RafaelBr
Hi, Rebecca! I’ve got 10 out of 10. Thank you for a clear and understandable explanation of how to apply semi-colon in our writing.
Leonid Ramzaev
Thank you so much
Hnigussie
Fantastic lesson once again. Thanks a lot.
Arieh Dorjee
I am very happy that I am able to get help from you. Your explanation is very easy to follow. I am not able to find all the tenses explanation videos from your lesson. Is it possible to show in your lesson content all the video lessons of the tenses?
Stare
Thanks,Rebecca;It was really useful.
Soly5soly
Thank you….!!
Jakub Alvarez
Thanks to each of you for watching and sharing your comments! Try to use the semi-colon today, in an email, academic assignment, or business document. It will make a big difference!
Rebecca
This lecture is what I exactly need. ❤️❤️❤️
May i just ask one favor. Would you please give us the complete list of the transition where I can use semi-colon.
You only stated however and therefore etc… How about ‘ although, even though, despite, in spite of, moreover and furthermore’ ?
edryl21
10/10. Thankful always, Ma’am Rebecca!
jao
Thank you so much Rebecca!!!!
knopfler86
thank you
nighty boy
I got 80%
nighty boy
Thank you Rebecca for your teach
BASEANE
finally I found such a nice mentor like you. thank you so much for being such nice in teaching appreciate you. :)
md. shohan
I got 7/10, but I should be more careful while doing it. I understood the rule. You way of describing is awesome.
Zubi55
Thank you very much
naphatthara
Thank you teacher i learned more about english
I love this language becouse my mother language is arabic thank you again
Anouar chinoune
Thank you! I really need it this lesson; punctuation can be difficult when you don’t know the language.
tsmith 5262
Now it is clear to me where to use the semi-colon. Thank you for the lesson!
Daniel Juan
Great lesson. I seldom used this punctuation earlier as I did not clearly understand the concept, but now I do. Thank you making it so clear and easy.
Arieh Dorjee
Thank you, teacher. I become better at your lesson.
Shalom7
Great stuff. Learnt how to use colon and semi colon methodically for the first time.
Thank you.
tissasera
Is very useful, thanks
antonlloghin1
Thank you.
Yammy
I really enjoy this lesson and learn a lot of about punctuation mark semi colon
Zahoorkhankaro12@gmail. com
Great Lasne Thank you’ll
anwar976
It was great lesson! Thank you Rebecca.
Davidku3937
Dear Rebecca, Happy New Year!
Terrysam
I’ve been having doubts on the use of the semi-colon,but with insights from this lesson,I’II be confident enough to use it correctly.
Job Okeno
It was really useful; therefore, I will start using it in my writings.
rahmat2019
Its wrong if I use a regular comma instead of using semicolon in the explanation number 2?
Aline Almeida
Number 1*
Aline Almeida
I enjoyed this lesson a lot so, I thank you to Rebecca.
Tammyjang1
I was sick yesterday;I didn’t go to work. Today, I feel better; I went to work.
How is my sentences,Rebecca? Did I do correctly or is it incorrect sentences?
I hope you can respond to my question.
Thank you,Rebecca.
Tammyjang1
I scored 100;thanks ma’m.
Sarah Sagbe
Thanks
Hisham.Ahmed
Thank you for this useful lesson which I’ve always wondered about.
misogun
You are so clear in your explanations.
Thank you very much!
BJFlores
I really love your lesson mam
jerold24
Your video lecture is so amazing . I am going to watch all lectures .
Neeraj daiya
good lesson actually
burhannahid
amazing. specially the quiz part
phingphong26
I think this lesson was very important, because there are different rules among languages. May you add more lessons about other punctuation marks? Thank you very much.
MikeTower
really didn’t understand the last part of the lesson which is taking about the way to know when we can use the semi-colon and when we can’t , really didn’t understand the last part of the lesson which is taking about the way to know when we can use the semi-colon and when we can’t , may you give me an example ??
mangoooo9999
greetings
The lecture is so interesting,impressive and useful, but I have an query.
as you said, it shouldn’t use while using conjunctive adverbe right ?
here is an example,I have seen it in a book (pdf) from British Colombia; under title: constructing sentences,page number 16 as a example of complex sentences.
( today,I study grammar; therefore,tomorrow,I will be a better writer)
can you please give your guidelines on the above mentioned sentence ?
Harish kumar bhardwaj
thank you so
ahmed kamel osman
Enjoyed the session
Dev123
Thanks mam.
Avinashilingam
I’ve just first studied this lesson, but I got 8 correct out of 10. I’m very glad.
Thank you very much, teacher.
Phraengsuwan
Excuse me, classmates😁 could you tell me the techer’s lesson how to watch? I think the teacher is busy teaching her class, so I want to ask you. I hope you can help me.
Elizabeth Chady
I really Interested this Lesson. Hi and thankyou Rebecca.
Sempass
Really interesting video.
Jhabindra belbase
26/5000
It has been a useful teaching.
Thanks a lott.
SUN-DE-HAS
Thank you. I do it.
m.alnuwairah
Thank you I think i will do better on my writing I love writing by the way
stnog3
Yehey! I got 100. Thank you!
donanne15
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Barnett Barnett
Really enjoyed your video and had learnt from it.
Thanks
Chih-Ying Chen
Rebecca, I am sincerely grateful for this video; it is an eye-opener.
morahnd
Really great and interesting lesson.
Javeria Umar
hi teacher , i’m a new student , but i don’t speak english very good , i want to improve my language with you if you can ☺
mbeirika
Hi Rebecca, Thank you very much for you lessen; indeed, it is very useful!
Could you please verify to me the use of “:” and “;” are correct in the below paragraph;also, please kindly explain why it’s correct or wrong.
Finally, I would argue that a humane society should not abandon those in need. Going to the aid of individuals who are seriously hurt even when they are responsible for their plight -is morally right. Enlightened cultures do this already: smokers who develop lung cancer are treated; careless drivers injured in motor vehicle accidents are given medical support; and those living in poverty receive financial aid from the state.
razmy
I got 9 out of 10 for the first time ;however I am close with this lesson.
Really thank you my best teacher !
Also , could you continue on exclamation mark !!!!!!! Please ?
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89 COMMENTS
I have enjoyed this lesson. Thank you
Glad to hear it, James. That small semi-colon can really make a difference to the quality of your English writing. All the best to you!
Thank you ma’am.
Thanks a lot
Good learning!
I got 08/10. Thank you Rebecca!
Wow my… I don’t believe it! I got 9 out of 10.
Super cool.
I so happy Yes yes yes…
Thanks Rebecca!! So good!
Congratulations to you, Rosemary. Clearly, you understood the lesson well and were able to apply the rules correctly in practice. Great job! My best wishes to you.
Thank you Rebecca.
Thank you Rebecca.
Thank you Rebecca.I will try to semi-colon in my GRE exam;I hope I get the higher score in the writing part.
Detail explanation. Please make a video about Full-Colon(:)
nice lesson, thank you
I’ve got 10/10/ Thank you very much, Rebecca!
Hello,how can i take my lessons on this website, could you help me
I got 7/10 the lesson is quite difficult. Thank Rebecca
i got 6/10 thanks
Thank you very much for the lesson. As always, your’s explanations of difficult topics of english grammar are both brilliant and simple. I was quite surprised though that you should use a semi-colon before a transitional expression and not just a regular comma. This is something I was unaware of all this time until now.
8/10 thanks for this encouraging lesson
I enjoyed the demonstration of the subtle use of semicolon. I am able to use it in French but I have never learned formal use. Thank you Rebecca.
A question please; should I capitalize the “f” of “french” as above?
Yes, in English, names of languages and nationalities must be capitalized. Glad you found the lesson useful! Once you start using the semi-colon in your writing, you will take your English to a higher level. All the best to you, beernaard.
Thank you Rebecca.
8/10.
Really nice class!
Thanks, Rebecca.
Hi, Rebecca! I’ve got 10 out of 10. Thank you for a clear and understandable explanation of how to apply semi-colon in our writing.
Thank you so much
Fantastic lesson once again. Thanks a lot.
I am very happy that I am able to get help from you. Your explanation is very easy to follow. I am not able to find all the tenses explanation videos from your lesson. Is it possible to show in your lesson content all the video lessons of the tenses?
Thanks,Rebecca;It was really useful.
Thank you….!!
Thanks to each of you for watching and sharing your comments! Try to use the semi-colon today, in an email, academic assignment, or business document. It will make a big difference!
This lecture is what I exactly need. ❤️❤️❤️
May i just ask one favor. Would you please give us the complete list of the transition where I can use semi-colon.
You only stated however and therefore etc… How about ‘ although, even though, despite, in spite of, moreover and furthermore’ ?
10/10. Thankful always, Ma’am Rebecca!
Thank you so much Rebecca!!!!
thank you
I got 80%
Thank you Rebecca for your teach
finally I found such a nice mentor like you. thank you so much for being such nice in teaching appreciate you. :)
I got 7/10, but I should be more careful while doing it. I understood the rule. You way of describing is awesome.
Thank you very much
Thank you teacher i learned more about english
I love this language becouse my mother language is arabic thank you again
Thank you! I really need it this lesson; punctuation can be difficult when you don’t know the language.
Now it is clear to me where to use the semi-colon. Thank you for the lesson!
Great lesson. I seldom used this punctuation earlier as I did not clearly understand the concept, but now I do. Thank you making it so clear and easy.
Thank you, teacher. I become better at your lesson.
Great stuff. Learnt how to use colon and semi colon methodically for the first time.
Thank you.
Is very useful, thanks
Thank you.
I really enjoy this lesson and learn a lot of about punctuation mark semi colon
Great Lasne Thank you’ll
It was great lesson! Thank you Rebecca.
Dear Rebecca, Happy New Year!
I’ve been having doubts on the use of the semi-colon,but with insights from this lesson,I’II be confident enough to use it correctly.
It was really useful; therefore, I will start using it in my writings.
Its wrong if I use a regular comma instead of using semicolon in the explanation number 2?
Number 1*
I enjoyed this lesson a lot so, I thank you to Rebecca.
I was sick yesterday;I didn’t go to work. Today, I feel better; I went to work.
How is my sentences,Rebecca? Did I do correctly or is it incorrect sentences?
I hope you can respond to my question.
Thank you,Rebecca.
I scored 100;thanks ma’m.
Thanks
Thank you for this useful lesson which I’ve always wondered about.
You are so clear in your explanations.
Thank you very much!
I really love your lesson mam
Your video lecture is so amazing . I am going to watch all lectures .
good lesson actually
amazing. specially the quiz part
I think this lesson was very important, because there are different rules among languages. May you add more lessons about other punctuation marks? Thank you very much.
really didn’t understand the last part of the lesson which is taking about the way to know when we can use the semi-colon and when we can’t , really didn’t understand the last part of the lesson which is taking about the way to know when we can use the semi-colon and when we can’t , may you give me an example ??
greetings
The lecture is so interesting,impressive and useful, but I have an query.
as you said, it shouldn’t use while using conjunctive adverbe right ?
here is an example,I have seen it in a book (pdf) from British Colombia; under title: constructing sentences,page number 16 as a example of complex sentences.
( today,I study grammar; therefore,tomorrow,I will be a better writer)
can you please give your guidelines on the above mentioned sentence ?
thank you so
Enjoyed the session
Thanks mam.
I’ve just first studied this lesson, but I got 8 correct out of 10. I’m very glad.
Thank you very much, teacher.
Excuse me, classmates😁 could you tell me the techer’s lesson how to watch? I think the teacher is busy teaching her class, so I want to ask you. I hope you can help me.
I really Interested this Lesson. Hi and thankyou Rebecca.
Really interesting video.
26/5000
It has been a useful teaching.
Thanks a lott.
Thank you. I do it.
Thank you I think i will do better on my writing I love writing by the way
Yehey! I got 100. Thank you!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really enjoyed your video and had learnt from it.
Thanks
Rebecca, I am sincerely grateful for this video; it is an eye-opener.
Really great and interesting lesson.
hi teacher , i’m a new student , but i don’t speak english very good , i want to improve my language with you if you can ☺
Hi Rebecca, Thank you very much for you lessen; indeed, it is very useful!
Could you please verify to me the use of “:” and “;” are correct in the below paragraph;also, please kindly explain why it’s correct or wrong.
Finally, I would argue that a humane society should not abandon those in need. Going to the aid of individuals who are seriously hurt even when they are responsible for their plight -is morally right. Enlightened cultures do this already: smokers who develop lung cancer are treated; careless drivers injured in motor vehicle accidents are given medical support; and those living in poverty receive financial aid from the state.
I got 9 out of 10 for the first time ;however I am close with this lesson.
Really thank you my best teacher !
Also , could you continue on exclamation mark !!!!!!! Please ?
Thank you
Thank you.
That’s what I call a wonderful class!!!!