Question

How are semicolons, colons, and hyphens the same?

Answer 1

To help separate items in a list, when some of those items already contain commas. Let's look at an example, as that is the easiest way to understand this use of the semicolon. ...

To join two sentences. An independent clause is a group of words that can stand on its own (independently)—it is a complete sentence.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

They can all be used to indicate a list

Examples:

-Eggs

-Pancake Mix

-syrup

Eggs; Pancake Mix; Syrup

Eggs, Pancake Mix, syrup