Anonymous  +  337652 Sat, 10 Mar 07 05:58 AM Is the semicolon correct? My favorite meals include meat, potatoes, and gravy; a marriage of protein and starch. Anonymous Colons, Marriage, Semicolons

	Cool Breeze  +  337771 Sat, 10 Mar 07 03:14 PM It's a matter of style. I would prefer a dash, especially since there is no verb after the semicolon. Also, the comma after potatoes could be omitted. CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,974 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991 Verbs, Colons, Commas, Semicolons

	Philip  +  337795 Sat, 10 Mar 07 04:30 PM  Cool Breeze wrote: It's a matter of style. I would prefer a dash, especially since there is no verb after the semicolon. Also, the comma after potatoes could be omitted. CB Style?  No.  But I agree 100% on your suggestion and explanation. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,737 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Verbs, Colons, Commas, Semicolons

	Yoong Liat  +  338068 Sun, 11 Mar 07 02:50 PM  Anonymous wrote: Is the semicolon correct? My favorite meals include meat, potatoes, and gravy; a marriage of protein and starch. My favorite meals include meat, potatoes, and gravy: a marriage of protein and starch. My favorite meals include meat, potatoes, and gravy, a marriage of protein and starch. Besides the dash, can a colon or comma be used? Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,757 Colons, Commas, Marriage, Semicolons

	Yoong Liat  +  338770 Tue, 13 Mar 07 04:20 PM  Yoong Liat wrote:  Anonymous wrote: Is the semicolon correct? My favorite meals include meat, potatoes, and gravy; a marriage of protein and starch. My favorite meals include meat, potatoes, and gravy: a marriage of protein and starch. My favorite meals include meat, potatoes, and gravy, a marriage of protein and starch. Besides the dash, can a colon or comma be used? Could someone please confirm whether besides a dash,  a colon or a comma can be used for the above sentence? Yoong Liat Colons, Commas, Marriage, Semicolons

	Chevy Bel Air 01  +  338780 Tue, 13 Mar 07 05:02 PM "Could someone please confirm whether besides a dash,  a colon or a comma can be used for the above sentence?" What is meant with dash in this context? Chevy Bel Air 01 Colons, Commas

	Yoong Liat  +  339198 Wed, 14 Mar 07 02:51 PM  Chevy Bel Air 01 wrote: "Could someone please confirm whether besides a dash,  a colon or a comma can be used for the above sentence?" What is meant with dash in this context? What is meant by dash in this context? My favorite meals include meat, potatoes, and gravy -- a marriage of protein and starch. The dash is after 'gravy'. I would be grateful if one of the forum members reply to my query. Yoong Liat Colons, Commas, Marriage

	Chevy Bel Air 01  +  339294 Wed, 14 Mar 07 06:35 PM My favorite meals include meat, potatoes(,) and gravy: a marriage of protein and starch. Colon is acceptable here Chevy Bel Air 01 Colons, Marriage