Use a semi-colon to separate items in a series, when each item contains within it a comma. FOR EXAMPLE:
The Super Bowl has been held in a number of cities: Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans, Lousiana; San Francisco, California; New York City, New York.
TO AVOID A COMMA SPLICE, use a semi-colon to separate two sentences that have been joined.
COMMA SPLICE:
Social networks provided hours of entertainment for many people, it also provides an opportunity for predators to seek unsuspecting, innocent victims.
CORRECTION FOR COMMA SPLICE USING A SEMI-COLON:
Social networks provided hours of entertainment for many people; it also provides an opportunity for predators to seek unsuspecting, innocent victims
Better REVISION:
Social networks provided hours of entertainment for many people. Unfortuneately, social networks also provides an opportunity for predators to seek unsuspecting, innocent victims
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