Understanding semi-colons - a podcast by Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)

Denise and Louise demystify (and stand up for) one of the most misunderstood pieces of punctuation – the semi-colon.
Listen To Find Out More About:What the semi-colon looks likeSeparating two independent clauses
Subjects and predicatesWeighting and parallelism
Comma splicesSeparating items in a list
EmojisObjections to the semi-colon

Resources related to the showhttps://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/ncw-podcast/ (National Centre for Writing’s podcast)Semicolon: How a misunderstood punctuation mark can improve your writing, enrich your reading and even change your life, by Cecilia WatsonAsk Us A QuestionThe easiest way to ping us a question is via Facebook Messenger: Visit the podcast's Facebook page and click on the http://bit.ly/EditPodFB (SEND MESSAGE) button.
Denise And Louisehttps://my.captivate.fm/bit.ly/CowleEditing (Denise Cowle Editorial Services)https://my.captivate.fm/bit.ly/HarnbyEditing (Louise Harnby | Fiction Editor)

Music Credit‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (By Attribution 3.0 License).

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