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We discussed conjunctive adverbs today and discussed how they are used to combine two independent clauses into one sentence. The neat thing about the conjunctive adverb, however, is how it gives us a second way to effectively use the semicolon. We stressed how the semicolon is a higher level form of punctuation. Most people don't know how to use it correctly. You students now know two ways to use it. Tomorrow, I'll sign the Archer card of anyone who shows me two original sentences that include the correct use of the semicolon in the two ways we discussed in class.
Here's a relevant quote:
Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines further on, and it is like climbing a steep path through woods and seeing a bench just at the bend in the road ahead, a place where you can expect to sit for a moment, catching your breath.
--Lewis Thomas
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