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 # Uncommon Syntax
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   > "[entails](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_consequence "Logical consequence")",
   > "[models](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_theory "Model theory")",
   > "is a **semantic consequence** of"
-  > or "is stronger than".
+  > or "is stronger than".
+
+### Compound Points
+
+> [!cite] [Compound point - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_point)
+> * **;---** --- Semicolon dash.
+>     A more emphatic or longer semicolon.
+> 
+> * **.---** --- Stop dash.
+> A full stop that emphasizes the sentence it starts.
+> 
+> * **,---** --- Comma dash.
+>     A mark used in various ways:
+>     to mark parentheticals
+>     that are placed where a comma would otherwise be needed
+>     in the principal sentence;
+>     to mark an idea repeated in different words;
+>     as a more emphatic comma;
+>     or for separating several clauses with a common dependence
+>     from the clause on which they depend.
+> 
+> * **:---** --- Colon dash.
+>     A mark that indicates a list, the contents of which start on the next line; or as a more emphatic colon.
+
+These are archaic constructions,
+generally regarded as redundant.
+
+Thoreau uses them extensively in _[[thoreau_1854_walden|Walden]]_.