By Semicolons, Colons

Mister Micawber is right. Also, use a semicolon in the first sentence only if you don't change the text. Thus it would be: "He usually has a shower; then he has a shave and brushes his teeth."~R

.He usually has a shower, and then he has a shave and brushes his teeth.He usually has a shower; then, he has a shave and brushes his teeth.This is a mundane description of a daily activity. The semicolon and subsequent comma in the second sentence break the sentence into formal segments that do...

Hello Mister Micawber,I appreciate your kind reply. Here, I would like to point out the second sentence that has two independent clauses joined by a conjunctive adverb is required to be separated by a semicolon. Further, a comma is then needed after the conjunctive adverb 'then'. I have...

Hi,Could I be able to use what I call "elaborate" punctuation in emails, like using semicolons and dashes?? Can you correct this?eg,I was expecting your email, Jane; I am glad to receive it. I have one question though: did you decide on your wedding date? Are you marrying the dashing...

Thanks Goodman! Could anyone tell me, in descriptive writing what tense usually writer choose. And Guys please reply my 2nd post last two sentenses as well. And explain we can separate verb and subject i.e mirror and curtain, by using comma for emphasis like Feebs did? Third sentence, I have...

All are correct. (But being extremely picky I would probably change the comma in #2 to a semicolon. I'd also probably say "... over which you have no control", simply because it sounds slightly more elegant to my ears.) "Which" can be either singular or plural.

Hi, Sorry that I can't give you an example but I have seen some cases where a comma is used before the phrase 'so that'. Why is that? I thought almost always, if not always, a comma is not used when the phrase 'so that' is used. Generally speaking, it depends on the length...

Hi, Sorry that I can't give you an example but I have seen some cases where a comma is used before the phrase 'so that'. Why is that? I thought almost always, if not always, a comma is not used when the phrase 'so that' is used. Sorry that I can't give you an example for...

.You can use any of these here-- a period, a semicolon, a colon or an m-dash. M-dashes are less formal, so may seem more appropriate in quoted speech.

Hi, How should I structure the content of what someone said? Someone has said something long and it is your job t report it, but punctuation seems to be not so restrictive. What is a guideline? Why can one use a semicolon or a period here?? "Don't rely on blood tests - get ultrasounds...