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What s a clause I am not understanding what an independent clause is when using a comma or semicolon How do I know wether to use a comma or semicolon Please give example lt Edited The word is grammar Also it would REALLY help us as Francesca has already pointed out in another post if you would...

Thanks Barbara I seached for comma splice on the Internet after I saw your reply and consulted a book on punctuation By Oxford University Press What I understood is comma splice is a common error that most of the people often make The book said It s not normally correct to join the clauses of a...

Hanuman_2000 wrote Hello I was reading an article on conjuction It says that a conjuction is a word which merely joins words or sentences It further says that relative pronouns and relative adverbs are also conjuctions but they do the other works also My doubts are 1 Are relative pronouns and...

Inchoateknowledge wrote All the test animals therefore were reexamined no All the test animals therefore were reexamined yes Read again the sentence animals S were reexamined V Are you saying that you can separate them with a semi colon You re completely wrong All the test animals therefore were...

Timbo wrote The sentence you have quoted is incorrect Semi colons are used when there is a change of thought or absence of a connective in mid sentence The sentence should read Time is short however we will still get the job done An example of semi colon usage would be Time is short we will...

Philip wrote Inchoateknowledge wrote All the test animals therefore were reexamined no All the test animals therefore were reexamined yes Punctuation is often a matter of rethoric and taste But there are also general rules A semicolon just doesn t work it must be used between two independent...

Inchoateknowledge wrote All the test animals therefore were reexamined no All the test animals therefore were reexamined yes Punctuation is often a matter of rethoric and taste But there are also general rules A semicolon just doesn t work it must be used between two independent clauses...

they are all correct IMO but have different effect I use colon to elaborate on what has been said being lazy To me the M dash provides a dramatic effect more than the other two Comma means a noun clause follows which defines the subject you

Hi I think the usual explanation for the semicolon usage is that when two independent clauses are closely related they can be punctuated with a semicolon OK is that mean it can also be applicable when one clause is a simple one and the other clause is a compound one eg I went to a store to buy...

Clive will tell you to use the semi colon as little as possible But when you do use it use it between two closely related independent clauses Commas have far too many uses to describe in one post but click on the little links under your post for some threads on them