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sometimes in math textbooks they use semicolons when listing things. maybe prem thakker’s writing this post for the mathematicians
You can use semicolons when listing things instead of commas, but that's usually only for clarity when listing things with commas in them (e.g. "Last summer I visited Las Vegas, Nevada; Tucson, Arizona; Seattle, Washington; and Sacramento, California.")
I'm mean, you're not wrong about the semicolon usage but your example is absolute dogwater. I may be sleep deprived but why in Poseidon's briny deeps would you use a semicolon to separate sentence fragments into their own phrases?!
e.g. "Last year, I went to Germany, Spain, Italy, and France; and ate schnitzel, ham, gelato, and olives."
Because that was the usage I was describing. What you're describing is just ordinary usage.