Gertrude Stein, who might, in her time, have been considered a bit of a bossyboots herself, suggested that semicolons were simply commas with pretensions.

Truman made us all feel welcome and relaxed as we shook hands with him. We sat around the desk, and he spoke very earnestly about the necessity of rehabilitating Europe and emphasized his concern that peaceful German production should be encouraged.

I ride to work every day and park the bike outside the office.

This new single-chip modem simplifies designs for users who are building intelligent modems, or who wish to incorporate datacommunications capability into specialized systems.