Use of a semi-colon.

It depends on the format.
In a dialog, questions often have one-word answers.
As an example of direct speech, the semi would be useless in this case.

She asked, "How was your day?"
I replied, "Boring. "

I'd just treat it as two sentences.

Edit. I agree with Clive.
"Boring; I had school." is not a grammatically correct use of the semi-co

Hi,

Someone asked me 'How was your day?'

I replied 'Boring; I had school.'

Is this a grammatically correct use of the semi-colon, No

or would I be required to precede the word 'Boring' with 'It was' to make:

'It was boring; I had school.' Yes



Be careful not to overuse semi-colons. A page that is full of them is usuall

Hi. Would you say in a situation like below where the use of commas in a list-like structure could be looked at as confusing (at least looks to me), we could use semicolons?

The writing details on how to communicate effectively; combining current events with world view; and inter-personal communication.

Commas are not confusing if the list items do not have internal commas. The problem is that your items are not in parallel structure. Recast them and use commas here.

Yes. Of course the justification is stronger where some of the series items which you wish to separate have internal commas.
In some specific list formats, the semicolon is established as the standard separator. Then you would not switch back and forth according to whether or not items in a given series have internal commas. In these cases (eg, dictionaries) common sentence structure is of