In fact, it's the semicolon's half-half status that makes it useful.

如何善用分?

The semi-colon replaces the full stop.

分代替了。

When we replace the semicolon with " and" we no longer need to use the semicolon.

当我们用" and" 代替分时，我们不再需要使用分。

It's stronger than a comma, and less final than a period.

其实, 分真正的功能。

Another of its tasks is to link together independent clauses.

这时, 就使用分最佳时机。

The semi-colon comes before the transition word.

分就在过渡词的前面。

Note that the semicolon takes the place of any conjunction that might connect two independent clauses.

注意，分代替了任何连接两个独立分的连词。

But just even pay attention to things like exclamation points and commas and full stops and semicolons.

但要注意像感叹、逗、和分。

In formal writing, instead of a full stop, two separate sentences can be joined by a semi-colon.

在正式的书写中，两个子可以用一个分连接，而不。

Here is the epic semi-colon-stuffed paragraph at the center of his ode to " Mona Lisa" .

以下他赞颂《蒙娜丽莎》的主要的一个小段落，其中用了许多分作连接。

But there's a semicolon in the sentence.

但子中有一个分。

Do you know how to use a semi-colon?

你知道如何使用分吗？

So here's the origin of the semi-colon.

这就分的由来。

One way would be just to add a semicolon in there.

一种方法在其中添加一个分。

Why do some of these lines not have semicolons, but others do?

为什么有些行没有分，而有些行有分？

" People are buying books online; " (semi-colon).

“人们在线购买书籍；”（分）。

It means you really understand the difference between colons and semicolons.

这意味着您真正了解冒和分之间的区别。

Next, let's look at using a semicolon.

接下来，让我们看看使用分。

So in 1494, he invented the semi-colon.

所以在1494年，他发明了分。

I'm not.... Don't worry about a semi-colon today; I'll explain that another time.

我不… … 今天不用担心分；我下次再解释。