In Semicolons^x, Commas^x

Thank you, Mr. M. In your answer you said "the post-colon portion elaborated the number of books on chaos theory" in regard to the following example sentence: We've had streams of books on chaos theory: no fewer that tweleve since 1988. My one possible foible is the fact that I try read the...

1. Can you give me some common connecting words that appear a lot in sentences that would make a comma suitable (with simple sentences)? -- because, while, so, and, or, but, yet, although. Many example sentences can be found by googling these words. Do conjunctive adverbs like "however",...

Hi, 1. I was looking at the punctuation section of cogs.susx.ac.uk website for its help on semicolons and colons and I have some questions on them. In its "The Semicolon" section, it is noted, "If a suitable connecting word is used, then a joining comma is used, rather than a semicolon: Women's...

A comma-splice is: The mistaken effort to link two complete sentences with a form of punctuation inadequate to the task. "He had no evidence to support his argument, therefore he lost the debate to his rival" is a comma splice. The comma should be replaced by a semicolon or a...

I agree with the last posting. "herefore" is a transitional element in the example given. It should be preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma. The word "and" should be omitted completely, as it is unnecessary in the example given -- Anon.

When you have a list that is set off my commas and the list contains independent clauses, do you still use commas or do you use semicolons?

Hi, Please tell me if the uses of semicolons are correct. We should try to treat other people around us like our grandmother treated us; i.e., with mercy and humility. -- I know that 'i.e.' stands for 'that is'. Is it appropriate to use the abbreviated form here? I don't see any need fpor a...

Hi, Please tell me if the uses of semicolons are correct. We should try to treat other people around us like our grandmother treated us; i.e., with mercy and humility. -- I know that 'i.e.' stands for 'that is'. Is it appropriate to use the abbreviated form here? He took his sister along to...

One comma should be a semicolon or m-dash: You really have to knock off the role playing, Disciple; it's not too healthy for you. You really have to knock off the role playing, Disciple-- it's not too healthy for you.

Actually, both one and two are poor style. The sentence you wrote has two independent clauses; therefore, you should use a semicolon after the first independent clause. Leave out the "and" completely.