一般人常認為分号最难使用。分号应当怎樣用,中央人民政府前出版總署公佈的「標點符号用法」中有簡要說明。这里不談这個,只把用得不够正確和用錯了的一些常見的例子挑出來談談。首先是机械地死守着「分号表示一句話中間並列的分句之間的停頓」这個規定,不顧具体情况,碰到並列的分句(或仂語)就用分号來隔開。比如: Most people often think that the semicolon is the hardest to use. How to use a semicolon should be explained briefly in the “Usage of Punctuation Marks” published by the former General Administration of the People’s Government. Let’s not talk about this, but just pick out some common examples that are not used correctly and are wrong. The first is to mechanically stick to the “semi-colon to indicate a pause between clauses in the middle of a sentence.” Regardless of the specific circumstances, the clauses (or slang) that are juxtaposed are separated by a semicolon. such as: