Punctuation Entry 1004 / 1011 60-second read

Semicolon in lists

Use when list items contain commas.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

We visited Paris, France, Rome, Italy, and London, England.

✓ Correct

We visited Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and London, England.

The ruleii

Semicolons separate complex list items.

When each list item contains internal commas, use semicolons between items.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Clean complex lists."

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