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No sentence should contain more than one colon. There should never be a hyphen or a dash immediately following a colon. Only a single space follows a colon.

=== Semicolons ===

== Semicolons ==

~~{{shortcut|MOS~~:~~SEMICOLON|MOS:COMMASPLICE}}~~

:''For usage in marking up description (definition) lists, see [[Wikipedia:Help:List#Description lists|Wikipedia:Description lists]]''.

~~{{for|~~usage in marking up description (definition) lists|Help:List#Description lists}}

A [[semicolon]] ({{xt|;}}) is sometimes an alternative to a full stop (period), enabling related material to be kept in the same sentence; it marks a more decisive division in a sentence than a comma. If the semicolon separates clauses, normally each clause must be independent (meaning that it could stand on its own as a sentence); in many cases, only a comma or only a semicolon will be correct in a given sentence.

A [[Wikipedia:Semicolon|semicolon]] ({{xt|;}}) is sometimes an alternative to a full stop (period), enabling related material to be kept in the same sentence; it marks a more decisive division in a sentence than a comma. If the semicolon separates clauses, normally each clause must be independent (meaning that it could stand on its own as a sentence); in many cases, only a comma or only a semicolon will be correct in a given sentence.

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This incorrect use of a comma between two independent clauses is known as a [[comma splice]]; however, in very rare cases, a comma may be used where a semicolon would seem to be called for:

This incorrect use of a comma between two independent clauses is known as a [[Wikipedia:Comma splice|comma splice]]; however, in very rare cases, a comma may be used where a semicolon would seem to be called for:

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| {{em|Accepted}}: || {{xt|"Life is short, art is long."}} (citing a brief [[aphorism]]; see ''[[Ars longa, vita brevis]]'')

| {{em|Accepted}}: || {{xt|"Life is short, art is long."}} (citing a brief [[Wikipedia:Aphorism|aphorism]]; see ''[[Wikipedia:Ars longa, vita brevis|Ars longa, vita brevis]]'')

|-

| {{em|Accepted}}: || {{xt|"I have studied it, you have not."}} (reporting brisk conversation, like this reply of [[Isaac Newton|Newton]]'s)

| {{em|Accepted}}: || {{xt|"I have studied it, you have not."}} (reporting brisk conversation, like this reply of [[Wikipedia:Isaac Newton|Newton]]'s)

|}

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 No sentence should contain more than one colon. There should never be a hyphen or a dash immediately following a colon. Only a single space follows a colon.
-=== Semicolons ===
+== Semicolons ==
-{{shortcut|MOS:SEMICOLON|MOS:COMMASPLICE}}
+:''For usage in marking up description (definition) lists, see [[Wikipedia:Help:List#Description lists|Wikipedia:Description lists]]''.
-{{for|usage in marking up description (definition) lists|Help:List#Description lists}}
-A [[semicolon]] ({{xt|;}}) is sometimes an alternative to a full stop (period), enabling related material to be kept in the same sentence; it marks a more decisive division in a sentence than a comma. If the semicolon separates clauses, normally each clause must be independent (meaning that it could stand on its own as a sentence); in many cases, only a comma or only a semicolon will be correct in a given sentence.
+A [[Wikipedia:Semicolon|semicolon]] ({{xt|;}}) is sometimes an alternative to a full stop (period), enabling related material to be kept in the same sentence; it marks a more decisive division in a sentence than a comma. If the semicolon separates clauses, normally each clause must be independent (meaning that it could stand on its own as a sentence); in many cases, only a comma or only a semicolon will be correct in a given sentence.
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-This incorrect use of a comma between two independent clauses is known as a [[comma splice]]; however, in very rare cases, a comma may be used where a semicolon would seem to be called for:
+This incorrect use of a comma between two independent clauses is known as a [[Wikipedia:Comma splice|comma splice]]; however, in very rare cases, a comma may be used where a semicolon would seem to be called for:
 :{| style="background:transparent"
 |-
-| {{em|Accepted}}: || {{xt|"Life is short, art is long."}} (citing a brief [[aphorism]]; see ''[[Ars longa, vita brevis]]'')
+| {{em|Accepted}}: || {{xt|"Life is short, art is long."}} (citing a brief [[Wikipedia:Aphorism|aphorism]]; see ''[[Wikipedia:Ars longa, vita brevis|Ars longa, vita brevis]]'')
 |-
-| {{em|Accepted}}: || {{xt|"I have studied it, you have not."}} (reporting brisk conversation, like this reply of [[Isaac Newton|Newton]]'s)
+| {{em|Accepted}}: || {{xt|"I have studied it, you have not."}} (reporting brisk conversation, like this reply of [[Wikipedia:Isaac Newton|Newton]]'s)
 |}