Thread:Jdogno7/@comment-821448-20170315222820/@comment-13471095-20170316033720

Jdogno7 wrote: "It is used before either a list of items, a quotation or before an explanation.": I was told that in relation to the use of colons. I found it finally. So how was that wrong in terms of that? What was wrong with the use of "as well as"?

The problem with "as well as" is that it's a rather messy and wordy way of writing a sentence.

As for the colon and the semicolon, while they can be used in similar situations, there are clear differences between them. The semicolon is used to join two clauses that, on their own, could be two seperate sentences.

"I love pie; Andy thinks apples taste better whole."

The colon is indeed used before an explination, such as below

"I know how to fix his attitude: I'm going to forcefeed him!"

In the cases of your edits, you were using it to seperate two clauses, which is the proper use of a semicolon. That's why there's been an issue.