In Punctuation^x, Semicolons^x

No, 'pursue' is wrong; it should obviously be 'pursuit', but you have dumped that for the rhyme and no other reason. You are sacrificing meaning and poetic impact for cheap rhythm and rhyme-- and you're failing in the rhythm anyway. The poet does not force words into form-- s/he finds the...

Please tell me the correct usage of punctuation Specially colon & semicolon Thanks Smita

I've always found problems with punctuation. How do i master it? Is it correct using Ther are four choices: a, b, c, d. Or we need semicolon instead of colon.

Hello, JK! I definitely prefer the second one, although I think a semicolon would have done the job.Maybe also a comma between "properties" and "and"?

Hi Mister Micawber, I tend to agree, though I guess there is room for ambiguity. I tend to use semicolons in lists where an a comma in the list items is already used. I can't think of a good example for demonstration purposes. Said differently, I use semicolons when a comma will not show the...

And how about this, from the second paragraph of the 'Eats Shoots etc' excerpt?-- Cruelty to punctuation is quite unlegislated: you can get away with pulling the legs off semicolons; shrivelling question marks on the garden path under a powerful magnifying glass; you name it. Shouldn't those...

You can't put a semicolon before the 'however', because there is no independent clause preceding it. The bit needs re-working; it is awkward. You can keep the semicolon if you wish, but I would prefer a full stop and a new start on the complex sentence to follow: 'There are no absolute rights...

Hello MountainHiker I'm an English learner from Japan. Could you allow me to throw my two cents worth to your question? I learned in my English class (really long long time ago) that you English speakers use semicolons (;) to connect two independent complete sentences. And colons (:) are used...

I should probably start a new thread on this, but it's a short question. General question to all: When it's a matter of where a comma goes (or not), is it correct to ask if a sentence is "grammatically correct"? I always thought that a sentence was grammatically correct because of the words...

Hi, From what I see, I believe a colon would be more appropriate (or perhaps a semicolon(?)), since it would seem the sentence after your dash defines or clarifies further '...every important eye for detail are'. If that is not the purpose of the sentence after the dash, then a fullstop would...