Common Table Expression, why semicolon?

Usually in SQL Server Common Table Expression clause there is semicolon in front of the statement, like this:

;WITH OrderedOrders AS --semicolon here
(
    SELECT SalesOrderID, OrderDate,
    ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY OrderDate) AS 'RowNumber'
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader 
) 
SELECT * 
FROM OrderedOrders 
WHERE RowNumber BETWEEN 50 AND 60

Why?