Use a semicolon (:) at the end of a complete thought. The semicolon comes in the middle of a sentence between the first complete thought and the second complete thought. When the two thoughts are connected by a similar idea, you can use the semicolon instead of a period.
It is cold today; I need my winter coat.
I like cats; my brother prefers dogs.
My dog is lost; I need to look for him.
Use a semicolon instead of a period to show stop punctuation in the middle of two complete thoughts that talk about the same topic.
It’s your turn. Where would you put a semicolon in this sentence? It rained all day we won’t need to water the garden. Did you figure it out? Good for you!