http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntithesisIncompleteSentenceColon-Semicolon/hdrmw/post.htm#599639Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:56:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:599639Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntithesisIncompleteSentenceColon-Semicolon/hdrmw/post.htm#599639http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-599639.xml. Yes, no comma. And no colon. Colons easily support clause fragments on their right, but semicolons normally require an independent clause on either hand. The extreme terseness of the second clause makes the structure iffy, but I doubt your teacher will notice anything awry. .http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntithesisIncompleteSentenceColon-Semicolon/hdrmw/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 04:56:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:599598Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntithesisIncompleteSentenceColon-Semicolon/hdrmw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-599598.xmlHello, I have a quick question. I wrote an essay on Thursday, and I&#39;m not sure if I punctuated a sentence correctly: Some repent for a lifetime; others, an eternity. Was a colon or a semicolon appropriate? I know colons are used with antithesis, but does that still hold true when it&#39;s an incomplete sentence? Actually — now that I look at it, I wonder if that comma was even necessary. Hmm... I can&#39;t believe I made such a stupid mistake. Oh well.