... Our Friend, the Semicolon Notice the pattern:; as a result, semicolon + conjunctive adverb + commaThis is a typical construction with semicolons. Our Friend, the Semicolon There ... Connecticutcopyright November 1999 Our Friend, the Semicolon Our Friend, the Semicolon Let’s begin with a simple sentence:Grandma stays up too late. Our Friend, the Semicolon Now let’s expand on ... idea (the second one) now depends on the other; it has become a dependent clause. Our Friend, the Semicolon But let’s try something else. Our Friend, the Semicolon Let’s try using a semicolon...