What is the main purpose of a semicolon?

Explain why you believe manuel did or did not plagiarize in his report

How would “in a station or the metro” change of the bough was bright and lovely rather than wet and black a: the station would seem cheerier b: the poem would not be considered imagist c: the people would seem less pleasant. d: the poem would no longer be hokku

Andy bernard laughed at my joke, spitting out his water. complete thought incomplete thought