Semicolon

What the hell is a semicolon for anyway?

People tend to have troubles figuring out when to write a semicolon.

In my language, the "," is called comma, the ";" is called semicolon, ":" is called colon, "..." are called ellipsis, and this sentence ends with a period.

The semicolon is the most feared punctuation on earth.

The Greek question mark looks like a semicolon.

A semicolon is a punctuation mark.

In French, a space must always be left either side of a semicolon.

A semicolon is pronounced differently from a period.

When is a semicolon used?

I would put a semicolon.

The use of the semicolon has remained contentious and subject to fashion.