Semicolon

How to type it

Right pinky. Introduced in Lesson 4: Home row: a and ;.

Common uses

• A semicolon joins two closely related independent clauses that could each stand alone as sentences.
• It also separates items in a list when the items already contain commas.

Less common uses

• In C, Java, and JavaScript, a semicolon ends a statement.
• The Greek question mark looks identical to the semicolon and even has its own Unicode code point.
• Typed sideways with a closing parenthesis, ;) is a winking face.