I am writing a list of names. The auxiliaries and presidents at this time were Elders & Deacons-Apostle R Cook; Young Adult Ushers- Sis PaTrina Kelly; Jr. Female Ushers-Sis Doris Oliver; Young Adult Queens-Sis Ebony Oliver; Madison Maids-Sis

I am writing a list of names. Should it be written, The auxiliaries and presidents at this time were ; Elders & Deacons-Apostle R Cook ; Young Adult Ushers- Sis PaTrina Kelly ; Jr. Female Ushers-Sis Doris Oliver ; Young Adult Queens-Sis

Semi-colon is always a problem for many people including natives. The ways I understand it is, if two ideas are expressed in separte senteces which are conceptually connected, a semi-colon can be used. The next question I have is, can this be

A better rule would be "If your sentence has become so confused with commas that another form of punctuation is needed to replace at least one of the commas, then the sentence needs to be re-written." I agree. For

A better rule would be "If your sentence has become so confused with commas that another form of punctuation is needed to replace at least one of the commas, then the sentence needs to be re-written."

Semi-colon is always a problem for many people including natives. The ways I understand it is, if two ideas are expressed in separte senteces which are conceptually connected, a semi-colon can be used. The next question I have is, can this be

But I do wonder if this follows the idea that a semicolon can take the place of a comma if a comma has already been used in the sentence. I'm not familiar with this rule. It seems to me much too mechanical to be a useful way to think about

According to Marx, not only do religions pacify people falsely; they may themselves become tools of oppression. At first sight I would say that this is wrong, but after reading Clive's post, I would not swear to it. I have always thought that

The word "then" is a conjunctive adverb. When it separates independent clauses, it should be preceded with a semicolon (;) and usually followed by a comma (,). With most conjunctive adverbs--such as "however" and

The first is odd, the second is possible, but I much prefer the third: Woman: without her, man is nothing. Use a colon to indicate following material explaining or exemplifying the material before the colon. Use a semicolon like a period; it