1, if the table pauses between parallel clauses, use a semicolon;

2. Used for the separation of the first layer;

3, commercial use, table support;

4. Used as different explanations in the dictionary;

5. Use dashes, colons, brackets and quotation marks to separate the coordinate clauses in big sentences.

Extended data:

In a repeated sentence, when the clause does not contain commas, it can be separated by commas or semicolons, and when it does, it can be separated by semicolons. Note that semicolons are punctuation marks in sentences, that is, semicolons cannot be used for coordinate relations in sentence groups.

Example:

1. Mineral resources, water, forests, mountains, grasslands, wasteland, beaches and other natural resources are all owned by the state, that is, by the whole people; Except for forests and mountains, grasslands, wasteland and beaches that are collectively owned by the law.

2. In fact, many occupations do not require people to have high talent in language and logical mathematics; On the contrary, many jobs often require people to have strong spatial imagination and athletic ability.

3. Vertical comparison, that is, comparing different development stages of a thing; Horizontal comparison is to compare this thing with that thing.

4. A smile is beautiful; Beauty is inspiring.

5. In the country of laughter, smile is king; Smile is laughing at a peony in the sea.

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