A semicolon is used in place of a period to separate two sentences where the conjunction is left out.
Rules:
1) use before introductory words such as "however" or "therefore"
2) use to separate units of a series when one or more of the units contain commas
3) use between two sentences joined by a coordinating conjunction when one or more commas appear in the first sentence
(Rules from grammarbook.com)
Examples:
*Don't tell me now; I want to be surprised tomorrow.
*I did expect the surprise party; however, I was surprised when my grandma was there.
*The cake was finally finished; Cassie had spent hours baking and decorating it.
Cassie Howard/Ashley Golding/ Emily Tenorio
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