Hi,
What does the Devil's handiwork mean? Something cleverly and skillfully made by the Devil in order to torment people and lead them into sin.
I said this as a humorous way of saying I didn't like that sentence with the semi-colon. It was a feeble little joke.
Best wishes, Clive
Clive wrote: I tell my students that once per month is more than enough. Without this kind of advice, people will often write pages that are full of semi-colons, in almost every sentence.
I tell my students that once per month is more than enough. Without this kind of advice, people will often write pages that are full of semi-colons, in almost every sentence.
I prefer no.2.
(I actually don't see semi-colons very much. Perhaps, Clive, you made a far-reaching impact.)
Davkett wrote: ...I actually don't see semi-colons very much...
...I actually don't see semi-colons very much...
I'm afraid that future generations will read #2 as a sentence interrupted by a winking smiley.
My sentences are often interrupted by winking smileys. It's because those are the kind of people I usually talk to.
Clive
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm
Run-on sentences happen typically under the following circumstances*:
This next chapter has a lot of difficult information in it, you should start studying right away.
Mr. Nguyen has sent his four children to ivy-league colleges, however, he has sacrificed his health working day and night in that dusty bakery.
This computer doesn't make sense to me, it came without a manual.
Most of those computers in the Learning Assistance Center are broken already, this proves my point about American computer manufacturers.