what are semicolons ( ; ) used for in a sentence?

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whenever i search it up its like “erhm actuchually??! you are supposed to use a semicolon between closely related independent clauses which are not joined by a coordinating conjunction!!🤓☝”

EXCUSE ME? I ONLY KNOW LIKE 5 WORDS IN THAT SENTENCE

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Everyone’s given you their formal grammatical use with lots of great examples. So I’ll just say – don’t use them, they’re a very unnecessary bit of grammar. They offer almost nothing that another construction wouldn’t do better, usually just a period.

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