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Hi guys, "His situation was most suitable, quite the gentleman himself, and without low connections; at the same time not of any family that could fairly object to the doubtful birth of hers." Is there any reason the author uses a semicolon instead of a comma up there? This seems to me...

"His situation was most suitable, quite the gentleman himself, and without low connections ; at the same time not of any family that could fairly object to the doubtful birth of hers." Is there any reason the author uses a semicolon instead of a comma up there? I'd say, "quite the...

Thx, Julie. But, now we need to come back to the original sentence that I had given. There are internal commas in A but not the rest. So, do we use a semicolon after A finishes?

Semicolon sometiems acts as a "supercomma". e.g. Science fiction sagas with the most memorable characterization are Star Trek , with Mr. Spock and his large pointed ears; Aliens , with the ever-harassed but always-capable Lt. Ripley; and Star Wars, with Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Darth...

No semicolon is needed in your sentence. I parse it as follows: In ancient times, India . A , B and C are coordinated. a , b and c are coordinated. paco

Thanks, Paco. So, there is no need for a semicolon in that sentence (say, between algebra and explored)?

Well done. Some notes: I guess you wonder (no comma) As you know , (add comma) and he can't (no that) I think that l ike my father ; she (semicolon) I think the reason new friends (no quotation marks) to do there is be his servant I guess I just

Hi, In the following sentence, do we use a semicolon or comma after Germany? Richard Burton, Director, National Library; Robert Frost, Secretary, State Library; and Susan Taylor, Ambassador of Germany , / ; were among those present at the opening ceremony. Thanks, S

1-- Capitalize; if the quotation is set off syntactically from the matrix text by a comma, semicolon, or colon, the first word is capitalized, irrespective of its status in the original text. 2-- Mormons ; no apostrophe 3-- Capitalize as in #1 4-- She is saying it. BrE (I believe)...

plz explain; how to use might in the sentence and verbal