分号（semicolons）
1、 当两个关系紧密的独立句子之间没有使用并列连词时，可使用分号进行连接。
Megan said she was tired; she had stayed up late cutting giraffe-shaped holes out of foreign newspapers.
2、 分号表明两个分句的信息相互关联，应当一起考虑。
We were planning to go get coffee; however, he had to cancel.
3、 当列表中的并列各项之间已经使用了逗号时，使用分号予以区分，以免混淆。
She traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil; Seoul, South Korea; and Nairobi, Kenya.