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Colons and Semicolons
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2018
- One of the least understood but quietly significant distinctions of grammar is between a semicolon and a colon; this short films explains: when we should use each construction, why it matters that we do so correctly and what we can hope to achieve with one or the other in our sentences.
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I wish Maria all the best in life.
I saw this comment and I made my decision; I liked this comment at 12 am. If anyone sees this comment could you tell me if this would be a correct way of using the semi? Thanks
@@green_razor8569 rewatch the video.
Hahaha
i cant stop laughing
Me to.
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Get a life make ur mama own the channel bruh
This is such an imaginative and original approach to punctuation; I love it!
I would really like to say this helped but it confused me even more.
I feel stupid for not knowing how to use a semicolon I've watched 4 videos at least
@Healer Tone that was clever
@@hyoriittai5411 is that killua
@@simplistic8186 yes, yes it is.
Well
Same here
As a programmer, semi colons ARE my life.
Honestly how else could we close out statements only to find you left one out and it has ruined an entirely different line of code
JOKBO1 :D
Lol, relatable!
Python doesn't care about semicolons. But colon are still imporant there. But then I use js and PHP more than Python.
Then you can relate with the adjustment period when going to or coming from Python. I really wish Python had them as well then I wouldn't have to think about it every time I switch.
One is for a winky face, one is for a normal face
True XD
James Falconer that is not right
Shahir Ahmad Rahimi r/wooosh
; )
Lol
As an amateur writer I love this so damn much: I strive to be as descriptive as possible in my prose while still flowing smoothly, and it isn't always as easy as I wish it was.
Thank you for giving me words (and punctuation) to internalize!
Damn…. If ever I give a compliment again, I want it to be this genuine.
When I was a kid, my English teacher looked my way and said, "Name two pronouns." I said, "Who, me?"
Software Man omg dude for the past two month ive seen you everywere in every channel i watch i find u their
I wish I could give you two thumbs up for that!
Software Man I like ...
Lol not even your joke but okay.
Da bum tss!
This is me: for years I had these thoughts too! Although never so eloquently expressed; people always seemed a bit caught off guard, even annoyed by my use of colons and semi-colons - as well as my use of other types of punctuation. It was such a struggle for me, that -after a while- I found it very difficult to have any sense of how to use them anymore; it felt as if I had unlearned a part of language; unlearned, repressed, a part of myself: a part of my personality; playful use of language and punctuation, but still intentful, while content with the grey messiness of translating speech and thought to writing.
That's the coolest display of acrobatic picturesque lyricism.
All of my teachers growing up absolutely hated semicolons, because they found it hard to tell if someone had used it correctly. It’s easier to tell if someone understands the use of a colon because if what they right isn’t a fact after the colon then they are clearly misunderstanding it.
Semicolons, like you said, link ideas together that can be related but aren’t a definitive.
Because if this, I haven’t been allowed to use semicolons in my school work, and now find it hard to write with them.
You can move onto 'if' and 'of' next; if you like.
The semicolon is slowly disappearing; it had me rather melancholic.
semicolon are not disappearing on programming for sure.
Ironic, because colon would have been more fitting for the logical rigidity of programming.
Yeah,ironic. But colon was already used. So they needed both.
steff Shut up man; you're making no sense.
There are only four things I want to do with a semicolon; writing lists is not one of them.
This is gorgeous; punctuation is such a turn-on. I think the experience of hearing or reading poignant or profound punctuation is like a beautiful dance: not anticipated but swept away by the rhythm and feeling.
Thanks for all you create and share
Finally, grammar and emotional intelligence collide.
True actually.
Lmfao
This video was beautiful, informative, and therapeutic; a discussion which allows us to think about how aspects of language shape and drive our own lives.
I've never thought of comparing colon and semicolon. In German these two punctuations aren't named near. It's clear that a semicolon is between a full stop and a comma.
Combining the two most enjoyable subjects I have ever come across, this channel keeps schooling. Thanks for great vid and that drilling animation bit really sums up the quality of this channel: DEEP.
English is not my native language, so when I read the words colons and semicolons, I thought it was a video about a**holes and the semi a**holes in one's life.
cp1925 brilliant.
I'm not sure how much you care about grammar, but fyi neither the semicolon nor colon were used correctly in your sentence. The semicolon should've been a comma and there shouldn't have been any punctuation where you put the colon.
I knew I made mistakes. Haha. Thank you. Fixed it. ;)
English isn't my native language too, but I still understand it.
Omg ur so cute :-*
Thanks a lot for explaining this ! I often have trouble with semi-colons; I basically used them when I wasn't sure whether to use a comma or a period.
It kind of works. And is enhanced by the fact it's called a "period-comma" in French XD
English as a language always makes me want to learn more ways to express myself! These videos are top quality and makes me happy I'm subscribed to you guys!
I'm still unsure as to when to use which punctuation.
Tofran Bohk colons : is for a fact and semicolon ; is for a describing one thing that could contribute to a statement
If you had a feeling for example (easiest way to use a semicolon) it would be:
Jim was sad; it’s nearly fall.
This suggests that the change in season isn’t the ONLY reason Jim is sad, but is one reason. It suggests that Jim might not know the other reasons for him being sad, but knows that one of them is because of Fall.
I went to the store and had a great time; I bought groceries and batteries.
I went to the store and I picked up: batteries and groceries.
don't even bother with it. just put periods at the end of the sentence...
@@stevenglansburg856 I think you can only use a colon after a complete sentence so it would probably be. I went to the store and picked up some things: batteries and groceries.
Koh-lohns
Sounds like an Star Trek alien race 😂😂
Can't unhear
Try to compensate with an inverted thoron pulse through the plazma manifolds.
I was really angry today and this video showed up. In 2 minutes everything was calm and beautiful again. How is this even possible? Again, thank you so much for being here in my times of despair :)
First time you properly start using a colon or semicolon in your college papers is around the same time you awe your classmates in peer reviews.
Couch Lord1 i am by no means smart but everyone I know have been using semicolons since they were 14 haha
Can confirm. No one uses them right in college papers lol
What's the difference between dashes and semicolons?
Gabriel Rodrigues The dash stops temporary the flow of the sentence to inroduce information or describe what's being talked about even when it is not necessary or related.
Nice definition Alejandro M. !
You can also use a pair of dashes around a clause to add information without slowing the flow of the sentence, like parentheses but less aside-y.
Alejandro M. You mean when the dashes enclose a sentence - like this - which is different than when they do not enclose a sentence - rather, they separate parts of an oration.
Thanks!!
It got me confused because the semi-colon also adds new information; nevertheless, I understand what you're saying. :)
My uncle had colon surgery.
At least it wasn't only semi-colon surgery - that only has a 50% chance of succeeding.
This deserves more likes; for some reason, I imagined his voice as James Bond reciting the script.
Thanks for this video. I was an editor in business publishing. I found that writers struggle much more with punctuation than with grammar. Most people never master punctuation, resulting in shoddy prose. Instead, they could transform their writing after 20 minutes' study of punctuation marks. That's better than a lifetime without knowing how to marshal their words. Today we're all writers, so let's do so well.
I so much needed this; Thank you.
This is the best channel in YT: quality content.
However, semicolons look beautiful over colons.
'The Semicolon, by gently linking ideas together, invites reflections and interesting juxtapositions.' Wow, so well stated. I tend to use them a lot, particularly in close proximity to comma (as shown near the end of the vid).
My dude's animations are off the chart. On a serious note amazing video.
Colon: A punctuation mark that is used to divide a sentence
Genius is an education, without a teacher in a mumbled sentence. Thankx for explaining, something Christ's College, C anterbur, with it'spomp, never shared with it's students, in the 1980's. Bravo, for now!
I just love the way Botton pronounces colon and semicolon. The British English he learned is so much different phonetically than American English.
Concerning the second William James example, he "lists" several statements that begin with "by". Previously in this video, it was stated that a semicolon could always be replaced with a full-stop. This appears contradictory to me. What am I missing? Shouldn't the James example have actually used colons for the "by" statements?
the editor needs a raise ASAP
My favorite part and the one that made me most understand is when he said "semicolons are related but not entirely dependent" 3:28
Had I had this channel as my secondary school teacher I would have loved english.
What a great idea to remind us of the significance of what we never really understood to began with;
therefore we went through life asking ourselves which one do I use: semicolon, colon, comma, or just a damn period.
I love this! My job relies on using grammar correctly, so it was super informative AND aesthetically pleasing to watch
That was so eloquently explained. I, personally, love semicolons as well.
I would like more of this punctuation content never really understood the difference between them until I saw it explained so clearly
That quote with the string of semicolons - they were used the same was one uses commas in lists, but used when the individual items already have commas, so as not to confuse them. The semicolons in that quote did not have them implication you delineated.
This is it! Semicolons deserve so much more love for the fantastic function they possess! I have always gotten complaints from teachers in school that my sentences are too long and that I should use more full stops; in my defiance I just continued using multiple commas and semicolons. For me a sentance is the totality of a thought, not in the grand scale of a philosophical concept but rather a meaningful thought in context. I don't think we really think with full stops most of the time, I suggest that we think with commas, semicolons and abrubt endings and beginnings.
This is the first time anybody has explained the difference of a colon and a semicolon to me it was surprisingly useful.
always thought the world needed more colons and semi colons.
Best explanation on the internet! Very concise, and clear.
Hmm, I think this video is about either making a short bold statement or broad gentle exposé about one's situation whatever it may be. Regardless, I hope Maria and everyone else watching this video is doing as well as possible. Greetings from Canada. 🇨🇦
I'm sorry but because English is not my mother tongue: I can't catch the subtle differences in meaning between 1:28 and 1:47; Could you please help me to understand? Thanks for your help.
Δημήτρης Παπαδόπουλος Thank you so much :D
Sorry about this, but I am still confused... So : solidifies Maria's reason, and ;makes Maria's reason more mysterious?
Hyun-woo Park 아 한국인이시네요,
제가 이해한 것을 말씀드리면
세미콜론을 사용한 문장은 "마리아는 너무 빡쳐서 다른사람들에게 오해받을 바엔 혼자 있기로 했다." 라는 정도의 뜻이 되고,
콜론을 사용한 문장은 "마리아는 다른 사람들에게 오해받는 것에 빡쳐서 혼자 있기로 했다" 라는 의미로 보실 수 있을 것 같아요!
Thank you. I am surrounded by people who had that English teacher, the one who believed that semicolons should never be used and taught (apparently) thousands of students...
In five minutes you did what my English teacher could not; thank you for your work.
Finally...someone who understands my love of semi colons, I feel seen
I have been waiting for this video for over 2 decades! I love School of Life!!
Who would win in a 1v1 cage fight to death? The colon or the semicolon?
The semi colon has a small blade or claw, so my vote is on him.
If you're unsure how to use a semicolon, remember this: both of the parts that a semicolon separates must be able to stand alone as sentences.
Example: "One is for a winky face; one is for a normal face."
A period (full-stop) would've worked too.
There are plenty of good articles online about when & how to use semicolons.
The second Henry James example is not an example of the use of semicolons the video is describing, to divide independent clauses. The words delineated by the semicolons are items in a list of prepositional phrases. They are divided by semicolons rather than commas because one of the prepositional phrases itself contains commas. This use of the semicolon is more like the use of brackets around parentheses in mathematical expressions than joining complete sentences that are related.
colon is used in Python while semi-colon is used in JavaScript, C++, Java and so on.
I love love love how this is animated.
That was probably my favourite School of Life video so far; I am very interested in the relationship between philosophy and language. ;)
I thank this video and the comments section; they both helped me understand how to use semicolons and colons!
Thank you for this! I had a good handle on colons and semicolons back in high school and college, but as I've gotten older my grasp on how the semicolon is used has become slippery. Could you please do a video on all the uses and conjugations of the verbs LIE and LAY? I would also like to see you explore the words EFFECT and AFFECT. If I remember correctly, they can both be used as nouns and verbs. Oh, and when is it better to use a dash rather than a colon or semicolon? And why do book publishers have that special long dash when our keyboards only have that measley short dash? We have to type two of them, making our sentence look stupid.
Maria sounds very much like a telenovela character tho
So glad someone finally did this.
So clever! Using grammar and punctuation to explain life. Thank you for the intellectual explanations.
Another great video! It first glance, it looked like it was about punctuation. As I thought of it further it, refers to the way people view life.
I like your :video, calm voice, struggle, and the way of editing
This is a wonderful love letter to the semicolon; I also love semicolons.
My thanks for bring clarity on the difference between the two.
I know this was done before but i want to give my own take on this.
IMO Asta would have some form of earth magic, most fittingly alchemy(think something similar to the overhaul quirk in BNHA) "Why tho?" Well so that he would have an opposite type of magic to Yuno, also Asta is strong and sturdy like an earth magic user should be. "But why something like alchemy?" it's simple Asta has the desire to modify or change things also it would be a great paralel to Yuno's simpler magic type.
In case you are worying that Asta would be a little too OP, it would be like Okuyasu and The Hand
You're voice makes me wanna study for hours dude.
This video is soo informational keep up the work
The best animation I've seen on the channel yet! Amazing!
This is grammar served on a philosophical plate; I like the combination. Also, really impressed by the video: its animation and the narrative voice.
(I am sure I nailed the use of semicolon and colon....)
At last I understand. Many words can be part of a listed item. Thank you so much for your clear explanation and beautiful voice.
I really like these videos. I joined. Two bucks a month is a great deal for something like this.
Please make more grammer lesson in philosophical manner such like that. I am very keen to see your work.
Loved this one. The relationship between language and psychology.
Turning a grammatical specificity to a philosophy on predictabilities, good work!
I believe I have just watched a movie; the more I listen, the more fascinated I get.
I cannot begin to explain for how long I‘ve needed to find a good differentiation like this one.
Brilliant video! Please do one on the difference between affect and effect, it still puzzles me to this day.
Loved the quick pace.
Thank you so very much; this is soothing for my literature soul: emphasising the importance of a semicolon.
I really enjoyed this critique! The semi colon must be the story of my life 😂😂
We are friends from the beginning:
we share grief and ground and gray dread;
we even share the sun.
We do not speak to each other,
because we know too much;
we are silent to each other,
we smile our knowledge at each other.
Are you not the light for my fire ?
Thanks. I have never read the writing and thought, "excellent use of the semicolon; I might do it now.
Who is here because of Online classes
Unfortunately me
Nah psat
Me
Curiosity for me, believe it or not.
I needed this in high school.
I liked this video a lot; It explained such a confusing topic with ease.
never had appreciation semi colons so much until now haha. thankyou for this video
Here's a question for ya! In this passage, would the punctuation after 'football' be a colon or a semicolon? And would the punctuation after 'stretching' be a semicolon or a comma?
As a preschooler and early grade-schooler, my parents tried to get me to play almost every sport except for football; my team won a little league baseball championship, but I didn’t like it; I played a season of basketball in which I don’t think I scored a single point; I quit after the first day of both soccer and karate, because I didn’t have the fortitude to withstand their respective running and stretching, etc.
I would think that the one after 'football' would be a colon, but there were other sports not mentioned in the list, so to me, that would mean a colon is not appropriate. As for the one after 'stretching,' it seems unnecessary to use a semicolon to introduce 'etc.' Would you agree?
All helps is appreciated! :)
Semi colon tattoos brought me here
thanks i am having quiz tommoro and you make the things better for me 😊
what about this example: im here now if you want to start. If not, we could do it another day: when you are available
or: im here now if you want to start. If not, we could do it another day; when you are available
The colon is right bc the last part explains the second last part in more detail, and the semi-colon is incorrect bc the second part could not stand as a sentence on its own, right?
Writing a manuscript for my novel, I really appreciate the explanations for colon and semi-colon. Those always seem to confuse me.
The description of the video contains an error and ought to read, "This short films explains the following:". The group of words to the left of the colon should always constitute a complete sentence. Also, I think that it's a helpful element of style to capitalize the first word after a colon when the group of words to the right of a colon is a complete sentence. Compare the following:
a. "Mary likes many types of food: eggs, bacon, fish, and steak."
b. "Mary likes many types of food: Eggs, bacon, fish, and steak are the only exceptions."
There might be a better example, because it might sound better to use a semicolon in sentence b. However, I do think that it's helpful to know immediately whether the phrase after the colon constitutes a complete sentence or merely a direct object.
The semicolon has always been my favorite punctuation mark, if one can have a favorite. I agree they seem to be disappearing, much to the detriment of all.
Brilliant, I love William James' quotes
I’m confused about this sentence:
Maria didn’t know what to think: after the divorce, she questioned everything.
This seems to be two independent clauses unless I am misunderstanding something. So why is a semi-colon not used here instead of a colon.
Please make more content like this; thank you.
This video gives me insight on conjunction, related words; however, i already know about colon; independent clause and dependent clause