By Colons, Punctuation

Semicolon use A semicolon following an independent clause (The Longman Writer's Companion). source: http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#14

Hi, With each new discovery emerging; she wavers, trying to decide which path destiny intends for her; and he becomes more certain this is their lifetime to reunite, pressuring her to abandon everything she fought to keep. You could break it up, or just punctuate with commas. I recommend that...

but I was stumped; it seemed so subjectiveThe punctuation enclosed therein is a semicolon, and it is used correctly. The sentence is fine.

Well, it was wrong in the first case because it was two sentences together with no punctuation. It's wrong now because you have what's called a comma splice, in which you use a comma when you need either a perior or semi-colon, or a conjunction, which is why I rewrote it. Your opening paragraph...

Hi, Personally, I don't like to use a lot of colons. I'd be happy to remove the first one, possibly replacing it with a comma. I'd certainly replace the second one with a comma. For me, two colons in one sentence are two too many. I'd also consider removing the word 'being'. Best wishes, Clive

My question is: Do you have any objection as to my use of punctuation marks, capitalization in my posting? (You shouldn't use a capital D after the colon and you should use the word 'and' instead of the comma after the word 'marks'). My question is: do you have any objection as to my use of...

Does it make any difference that the first example has an imbedded yes-no question (Will they work in such terrible conditions?), whereas the other two examples do not? I don't write sentences like the examples you have been giving in this thread, so I don't feel competent to comment. They...

A is an interesting one, Hela. Dashes are presumably casual colons, and I find the same problem with both of them. If it looks too awkward or unclear, I recast as an unpunctuated clause.B-- This is one of the special cases in which you are permitted to use an apostrophe to make a plural; it...

The other day I read the following, 'let her rip!' where 'her' replaced 'car'. also, i read: 'The dog broke his leg.' ships are referred to as 'she'. My question is, is it correct to refer to objects and animals as 'he' or 'she'? Could you please elaborate on this matter - It is a grey area...

Hi, I have the following grammar questions. Do please help me with the correct answers to the following questions. Thanking you in anticipation, Regards, Manu. 1. Choose the sentence that illustrates the correct agreement of subject and verb. A. Either the students or the teacher have...