semi-comma

a natural pause that occurs or that should be made after every word (except, of course, the last word) not followed by any punctuation mark while reading a text.

In the sentence 'We are human beings', a semi-comma occurs three times. Symbolically, it can be written as 'We*are*human*beings.', where '* (asterisk)' would represent 'semi-comma'.

by uttam maharjan November 16, 2010

semicomma

A semicomma is a term mistakenly used instead of the term semicolon.

This is a semicomma: ;

He said, "You use semicomma!"

You must use a semicomma in that situation.

This is a sentence with a semicomma:
He used a semicomma; therefore, he did not know that the semicomma was indeed called a semicolon.

by random individual November 9, 2010