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The Universal Character Set

For technical reasons, the GREEK QUESTION MARK (U+037E) also redirects here
Unicode name	SEMICOLON
Basic Latin	U+003B

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Symbol 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 See also 2 Greek 2.1 Symbol 2.1.1 Usage notes

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

The Italian printer Aldus Manutius established the practice of using the semicolon mark to separate words of opposed meaning, and to indicate interdependent statements. The earliest, general use of the semicolon in English was in 1591.

[edit] Symbol

1. Indicates a pause longer than the comma and shorter than a period/full stop. Called a semicolon.

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this word see the citations page.

[edit] See also

• Semicolon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Semicolon

Punctuation

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( { } ) ( ⟨ ⟩ ) colon ( : )

comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― ) ellipsis ( … )

exclamation mark ( ! ) full stop/period ( . ) hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )

interrobang ( ‽ ) question mark ( ? ) quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )

semicolon ( ; ) slash/solidus ( / ) ( ⁄ ) space (   ) interpunct ( · )

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[edit] Greek

[edit] Symbol

; or ;

1. ? (the Greek question mark)

   Με συγχωρείτε· πού είναι οι τουαλέτες; (Excuse me, where are the toilets?)

[edit] Usage notes

While there is a specific character for solely the Greek question mark (; – U+037E) the regular semicolon (U+003B) is preferred. In Greek a semicolon is represented by · (U+0387) named the άνω τελεία (áno teleía), “‘upper stop’”).