Want to see samples of good sentences with a semicolon?Describing investment philosophy—not worrying about the market's ups and downsWe don't care about the bumps; what matters are the overall results. - Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway's annual report (2000) Describing the circusThe circus comes as close to being the world in microcosm than anything I know; in a way, it puts all the rest of show business in the shade. - E. B. White, "The Ring of Time" Describing a rampaging elephantIt had already destroyed somebody's bamboo hut, killed a cow and raided some fruit-stock and devoured the stock; also it had met the municipal rubbish van and, when the driver jumped out and took to his heels, had turned the van over and inflicted violences upon it. - George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant" |