In Semicolons^x

Hi,I wonder how close the relationship between the two clauses (or more??) have to be in order to be able to use a semicolon.1.They complained because they sister dies at forty; they said God was unfair.2.Foolishness didn't seem to be the problem; not surprisingly, continued hostility was.3....

<<.>>I find it more natural to say "The day of the appointment..." or "The day of my appointment..."Exactly how I would say it. Cute, Let me be as plain as I can about your writing without being too discouraging or disappointing.I think you are trying very hard to...

Need help! That appointment day, I make up my mind: not to afraid; not to run. the walls with its loud volume in the room.thanks !

Hi PCM, As a very general comment, and although it's an obvious kind of suggestion, I think the key is to read as much as you can. Best wishes, Clive

Hello PCM, The key to your question is "too much." Too much of anything is unnatural. Even ice cream. (Although, happily, I haven't found that point yet when it comes to ice cream.) Colons are really not often used. Your example is a good one. Use them before a list. Until you...

Hi, Here are a few brief additional comments. Dashes - Don't get into the habit of using them a lot, because they can sometimes lead to lazy punctuation and poor sentence stircture (eg Instead of taking the time to figure out how to make my meaning clear, I'll just use a dash here and...

Thank you so much ! The website helps a lot ! Hmmm ... but ... the site said that dash can be used to emphasize on a point . Can it be use on any point? Does it have to be a sentence or can it be just a phrase ? E.g . But we managed to get out in time - I hoped . (acceptable?) ...

HAve you looked at this one? http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_overvw.html

Hello ! I am not very sure on how to use dash , colon , semicolon in a sentence . I hope you can help me ! I tried several website but still do not really understand and quite get the concept . I would be very happy if someone can explain to me! Thank you very much ! Thank you !