This sentence reminded me of an interesting discussion I had on relative clauses with quantifiers versus absolute phrases. With this in mind, which do you prefer? As you will know, semicolons are used in two instances, one of which is

Hi there, guys: Thank you for your posts, but, as GG said, this thread began a long time ago. I have a far greater understanding of grammar now, and after reading your recent answer, I totally agree. Adverbials have scope to

Hi. Wouldn't you need a punctuation such as a long dash (or, short dashes or a semicolon) between 'too' and 'not' instead of the comma? Or, wouldn't you want to end the sentence with 'too," and start a new

FIVE WAYS TO CORRECT RUN-ON SENTENCES 1. PERIOD AND CAPITAL LETTER 2. COMMA AND FANBOYS CONJUCTION 3. SEMICOLON 4. SEMICOLON AND JOINING WORD 5. DEPENDANT WORD In each sentence underline the spot where each run-on or comma splice

Thank you. First, I need to mentioned the sentences I said were from The View were not (word for word). I saw two long interesting sentences there and initially I thought I would use the sentences word for word. Then, I thought not to . I then

Yes, the semicolons look correct to me. Semicolons can be used to separate items in any list where commas might be confusing. This might be because the descriptions of the items contain internal commas, or because they contain lots of and's

Hi. I was looking at The View , News on medical excellence, community outreach and philanthrophy from the St. Vincent Foundation for Spring, 2004, and under its St. Vincent Foundation News section, it had these news items in addition to others.

In context I think he means to say that the act of killing him is final, that after that there is nothing more she can do or say to him. Then she says she doesn't need to say anything more after that-- the act of killing by itself will do the

Is this a proper way to use a semi colon: I learn something from you everyday; I never new what a logophile was? I'm not entirely sure. The only rule – that I know of – for the correct use of a semicolon is that the two clauses that you

The semi-colons separate the items as they look complicated. They make it easier to read. The items are not simple. For example: I have a few close friends. They are Peter, Mary, Jack, Paul and James.