Anonymous  +  912796 Tue, 22 Sep 09 09:44 AM Hi. Would you please answer these two questions that pertain to the issue of connecting what looks to be two clauses?   1. Which punctuation mark should we use when we have two independent clauses that have (show) a relationship between them? Would a colon be corrrect? eg, He has cookies (colon or semicolon?) I don't have them.   2. Do you think what is in parentheses is implicit in the structure and  the sentence is correct (in addition to the verb "was" in the underlined part?   The total length was XXX and the (total) width  XXX.   Anonymous Clauses, Colons, Punctuation, Semicolons, Relationships, Writing, Sentences

	Mister Micawber  +  912801 Tue, 22 Sep 09 09:50 AM 1. Which punctuation mark should we use when we have two independent clauses that have (show) a relationship between them? Would a colon be correct?-- No.  A semicolon or a full stop.  (I presume that you are speaking of two clauses with no coordinating conjunction.) e.g. He has cookies.  I don't have any. He has cookies; I don't have any. 2. Do you think what is in parentheses is implicit in the structure and the sentence is correct (in addition to the verb "was" in the underlined part?-- Implicit through common sense, but in this sort of situation, you should write it out to assure clarity– at least the indication 'total': The total length was XXX and the total width XXX. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,842 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Clauses, Colons, Punctuation, Semicolons, Relationships, Writing, Sentences, Speaking, Chat, Friendships