James had, to put it mildly, a lot of problems ; and not even his best friend could help him.
Ein Semikolon steht zwischen zwei Hauptsätzen, wenn der zweite Hauptsatz mit einem Adverb beginnt, das zwischen Kommas stehen muss ( z.B. however, in fact, therefore, nevertheless, moreover, furthermore, still, instead ).
Beispiel:
www.ego4u.comJames had, to put it mildly, a lot of problems ; and not even his best friend could help him.
Use a semi-colon between two main clauses if the second one starts with an adverb that has to be enclosed in commas ( e.g. however, in fact, therefore, nevertheless, moreover, furthermore, still, instead ).
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