Punctuation: the Semicolon (;) & Colon (:)

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Punctuation: the Semicolon (;) & Colon (:)

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7 жыл бұрын

Punctuation, such as the semicolon and colon, is a key ingredient of writing. It is especially important when writing formal academic essays, such as for the IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, CAE, etc. In this video, we look at a couple of the most confusing punctuation marks (;) and (:), to see how and when they should be used.
General functions: 0:35
Semicolon: 2:07
Colon: 7:56
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@squirrelattackspidy 6 жыл бұрын

"Use a semicolon to show a relationship. Use a colon to introduce a list or define something clearly. " On your last example, I could make an argument that either a colon or a semicolon would work based on your rule. I appreciate the effort though and I know it's not an easy thing to teach in a 16 minute lesson. I checked out your website and I can see you put a ton of work into it. Going to peruse it now. :)

@gordyfelesina2765 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness! This the most clear and comprehensive video I have found about semicolons; for instance, you show every possible way to write something, the examples are real life and usable, and it's not even boring. Ha! I'm already using my new knowledge :-)

@franciscomontes9188 2 жыл бұрын

@kalasmalsar720 4 жыл бұрын

There seems to be two main factor of this problem to be occurred: first, the highest illiteracy rate ; and second , the lack of awareness.

@armanmkhitaryan27 6 жыл бұрын

Great video, Adam! This stuff is really not simple, and then, when the dash jumps in, it gets even more complicated. Especially, in places where you simply want to slightly pause the flow of the sentence without breaking it apart. If anyone's interested in further material on punctuation and elegant writing in general, I'd suggest William Strunk and E.B. White's The Elements of Style. A classic. Might come in handy even for non-native speakers/writers, btw.

@nosycatUK 5 жыл бұрын

Adam, one of the best English teachers of all time;have been learning English with him over 5 years now.

@susananderson5683 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this tutorial. You explained everything very well. I'll be more confident in my use of colons and semicolons now.

@jhonlojano714 5 жыл бұрын

What a great teacher....something kind of hard to understand looks so easy when Adam explain it....god bless you Teacher....you are the best...ud es el mejor

@evgeniym3215 4 жыл бұрын

Adam produces great content; it is a pleasure to watch it again and again.

@monaelnamer5815 4 жыл бұрын

I’m preparing for an exam. I wish I knew you and your channel from the start of my course. Thank you for your efforts

@devt5709 7 жыл бұрын

Can we use abbreviation like etc. or ie. in IELTS Writing Task?? I have this doubt since long, please clarify it Adam.

@devt5709 7 жыл бұрын

Write to Top Thanks Mr.Adam👍

@biganakan5508 6 жыл бұрын

Ive watched all the videos on colons and semi-colons and, none of them were as good as this one.THANK U!

@frankatsccdu8272 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this amazing lesson; I really appreciate your effort!

@ellyreads4886 4 жыл бұрын

I keep going back to your videos as my grammar reference, so I think I should renew my gratitude for your effort.

@saad8126 3 жыл бұрын

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@moderndayhighpriestess 7 жыл бұрын

You are a great teacher. You make these seemly complicated things look so simple and easy. Thanks a lot. It's much clearer now. keep up the good work.

@o0peacetogether0o 5 жыл бұрын

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@maritzabuigues8337 6 жыл бұрын

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@arbelokhan3485 2 жыл бұрын

The lesson was full of information; however, I got everything. Thanks

@ahmadnn7056 5 жыл бұрын

bro, I am an advanced learner and I am telling you, this is great. If there is a point for improvement, I would say that putting a summary ate the end that says ( to use semicolon, there is this and that; to use a colon there is that).

@TheBrowniemusic 7 жыл бұрын

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@hildabahner9461 6 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@rajeshwarikhatri622 4 жыл бұрын

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@joekd7519 4 жыл бұрын

I love this lesson; I learned enough to master my writing, in terms of advancing my grammar 👏👏💡

@kaylajacas 5 жыл бұрын

This will help me a lot for my ACT testing. you really made me understand !!!

@nisharai604 4 жыл бұрын

I've learned a lot from your videos and still learning consistently. Thank you so much Adam. Love from India ( 🇮🇳 ).

@inamulhaq8420 5 жыл бұрын

sir thanks for giving such a great lecture .making us understand about the difficult things.these looked very complicated but, after listing of your I have understood.

@janeeseosbourne6329 4 жыл бұрын

Do I use a comma to separate the month from the year if there is no day? Eg. I will have a baby girl on June, 2020, at the Sephardic Hospital.

@shariwhite2657 6 жыл бұрын

Adam, could you please explain why the following use of the semi colon is correct. Subject + verb; for example, a,b, or c. You give this structure in the video- I would think you need a full clause after the semicolon.

@kampallysuresh6029 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir, for kind response on punctuation.

@nraihk 6 жыл бұрын

This video along with your tremendous teaching skills is extremely helpful and well articulated. Thank you loads!

@robertosanchez5931 6 жыл бұрын

The best teacher ever! I am taking RLA test in few weeks . What can I do to learn all the English grammar since English is not my first language ?

@yaqoobali9464 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for such a comprehensive and thoughtful lecture

@user-oy2hr9eb8y 6 жыл бұрын

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@tasnim4419 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect video. I struggled a lot previously to understand it since it was confusing. Thanks teacher.! Perfect work.

@dretucker9631 6 жыл бұрын

I like the use of semicolon , they shouldn't get rid of it entirely from the english language ; they should keep it , because it's fun to use with more functionality in sentences then a comma or a period .

@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanations for non-obvious ideas.

@justgonegaming307 4 жыл бұрын

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@JyotiKumari-gu5kq 3 жыл бұрын

It's first videos form the social media which was usefull and I understood

@amrahmed-id4xv 7 жыл бұрын

after colon we have to use capital letter or it depends i noticed you used both small and capital

@andrewka90 7 жыл бұрын

Sir, thanks for your videos! I've been watching it since I began to learn English 3.5 years ago. Your content is amazing and super useful. I've got a question (a bit irrelevant to the video) about commas. If we have two independent clauses as objects of a preposition, should we use a comma (and a conjunction) to indicate that? For example, 'I noticed that people were running around, and birds were flying in frantic efforts to find nutrition". Is the comma before 'and birds...' needed? Another thing that I'd like to ask is whether we should put a comma between two independent clauses that are short in length. I've seen many writers omit this. For instance, 'I run, and I eat much'. I would really appreciate to hear from you because you are one of a few whom I can trust and whose opinion and knowledge have much sense to me.

@jonahreyes9737 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this very helpful lesson Mr. Adam. Way to go!

@mariamkinen8036 4 жыл бұрын

The colon followed by a quotation is the same with us. Capital letter follows .ty

@farmingsimulator2395 3 жыл бұрын

Thanx a lot for such a detailed explanation. Now their uses quite make perfect sense to me )))

@relytheone853 4 жыл бұрын

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@cesarmunar416 6 жыл бұрын

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@sunaidullah5021 3 жыл бұрын

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@satlaming2798 7 жыл бұрын

Informative and well delivered presentation. Keep up the good work Adam.

@blazednewt413 4 жыл бұрын

My guy has enlightened me.

@onesafaeeka5340 5 жыл бұрын

These lessons are awesome; I wish you had transcripts for these lessons. :D

@tsheringleki5581 3 жыл бұрын

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@tehminakhaliq587 3 жыл бұрын

I have been learning a lot of by your's vidios thank you Adam.

@travelloverashim8658 6 жыл бұрын

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@jobinjoy1081 5 жыл бұрын

semicolon is combination of period and comma! you Enlightened me.

@ELITE946 6 жыл бұрын

thank you very much; this was very helpful to me. I have always been confused with the smicolon and colon .

@sabitaneupane6150 5 жыл бұрын

You simplified it to a great extent, thanks a lot...

@abhisolanki3129 4 жыл бұрын

You are so amazing and generous personality. When everybody's charging money for all this: you are doing for free.

@betsyconcha6479 Жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation!! thank you so much!!

@cem7110 5 жыл бұрын

You are a great teacher, Adam. Thanks a bunch !

@kishanpatel3354 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, sir; for such descriptive lesson.

@prabhjotsingh5026 4 жыл бұрын

The dish calls for several key ingredients; for example, a, b, and c. Sir, I checked this example online showing error while using a semicolon, giving suggestions using a colon instead of that. Please also check whatever I wrote here, is right or wrong.

@kdcaliforniapanther8854 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome teacher, and great lesson. I would make tons of punctuation mistakes; especially that I had no clue about the difference between a colon and a semicolon. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

@mohammedabdulqadeer6212 7 жыл бұрын

dear adam which sentence is correct. ( i scared when i met him. ) or ( i got scared when i met him ).

@feelspunjabi2440 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, thanks for another great lesson. I do have a query though- Can I use a colon after single words such as Ingredients (followed by the list of ingredients) or Objectives (followed by the list) or do I have to say 'Following is the list of ingredients' to be able to use a colon?

@jaypi9252 5 жыл бұрын

The dish calls for several key ingredients; for example, A, B, and C. -second clause is not independent, so semicolon is not appropriate.

@jacqueruhl2997 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent job explaining how to use semicolons and colons.

@noraimahacmad8985 Жыл бұрын

thank you sir adam for your effort by making of this video.

@reynoldgooding7626 4 жыл бұрын

In your sentence: Please bring the following: two passport-sized photos etc. You did not have any punctuation marks after the listed items. Shouldn't there be punctuation marks eg. commas or semicolon after each listed item?

@jehanzebkhan1705 5 жыл бұрын

Sir please tell that is it right "But let me speak last word to the wise of these days;Of all who give gifts,these two were the wisest."

@nadinefurahadee5685 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a very comprehensive lesson.

@abdulaziz-kl9ni 6 жыл бұрын

please, make lectures on voice change, narration and transformation of sentences;I watched your most of the lectures.

@paulhampton6408 5 жыл бұрын

Fail asleep watching. I needed a good nap ! Thanks for your video !.

@nafisahyattsiddique9504 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent Explanation. Thanks

@reeyabasdeo7643 Жыл бұрын

Well explained. Thank you. Subscribed ✅

@Abu-Aley 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, Greetings, May you please explain the difference between using the comma in the following two forms or whichever is correct because I noticed that the either used and cannot know when to use which of them: 1. Apple, banana, orange and strawberry. 2. Apple, banana, orange, and strawberry. Sincerely, Ahmad,

@rightpath5479 2 жыл бұрын

I want you to make a tutorial about how to write a perfect essay and parts of an essay please.

@mariamkinen8036 4 жыл бұрын

I was just about to get the idea of this. I've taken notes.

@prabhjotdeol1466 6 жыл бұрын

Hi I'm also Ielts student I also watched your video thanks for the video

@emilioduran1486 5 жыл бұрын

Dear Adam, could you please make more videos about punctuation?. It'd be useful to complete this lesson, i.e., commas, full stop and so on. Many thanks

@osamasuliman1387 7 жыл бұрын

thank you adam . I would like to ask you about when to use was or were in a sentence which have confuse nouns like government or environment as well as has and have , i would really appreciated

@reginaaraujo7919 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats, Adam!

@mariuszkaszczyszyn1535 7 жыл бұрын

Hello Sir, I have a question concerning the part of your video that starts at 11:03. Would it be acceptable and correct if you cross out the last comma from the sentence and leave it as "... including A, B and C."? Or is it a must that you must put a comma, even though you're going to enumerate the last element (in that case - "C")?

@mariuszkaszczyszyn1535 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this explanation :)

@Smrithee08 7 жыл бұрын

I wish that my teachers had taught me English the way you do! Thxs for the videos. P.S. You're handsome! :)

@Armando_Lara 6 жыл бұрын

Hello Sir. There are a lot of things your are doing well sir. You are talented and hard worker: this is seen in your work. I like that you are visible in the little window and take advantage of the whole screen for the text. I would only suggest two points. First, unbold the whole text and play with the fonts for better understanding. Second, I like the name - Write to top, even if I don't completely understand it yet-, but you could redesign the W in the logo, I know you are a purist but I would use more modern fonts. Check out fonts similar to the ones used in Netflix or modern platforms. Thanks a million for the content!! You're changing lives.

@james_raj467 5 жыл бұрын

You are a great teacher Adam.

@rajubollimuntha 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, it is really helpful for me. One quick question: one of your slide - The connect was cancelled: not enough tickets were sold. After Colon - you did not use Capital letter - is it expected ? when to go for Capital letter post Colon. Please suggest me. Thanks in advance.

@mariumali1617 5 жыл бұрын

This video was very helpful for understanding these two commonly confused punctuations; however, I don't understand why in the sentence at 6:17 a comma is used before the clause 'as we are open 24/7'. As far as I know the last 2 clauses 'and they may visit...24/7' make a complex sentence in which a comma should not be used if the dependent clause 'as we are open 24/7' follows the independent clause. Can you please explain why comma has been used before 'as'. My knowledge is very limited.

@tazarudeen1 6 жыл бұрын

very nice explanation, thank you.

@hassanahmedghanem1089 5 жыл бұрын

I have just subscribed your channel, but I'm an old subscriber of your EngVid channel. I really appreciate all your informative videos. Thanks from Egypt.