By Colons, Expressions

Actually, conjunctions after semicolons are very common. Gregg Reference Manual: Seventh Canadian Edition Rules: 176 a) When a coordinating conjunction (and, but , o, nor and sometimes for, so, or yet) is omitted between t between two independent clauses, use a semicolon--not a comma--to...

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours" The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

Tbsukt wrote:1) A new year is at the open with new joys and new opportunities. As they always say, carpe Diem, seize the day! Live each day to the fullest but never forget to save some time for both your bodies and souls to rest.2) Your friendship and loyalty to one another inspires me. Cherish...

Hi, Where you have put semi-colons, I'd usually use commas. I have also suggested some other changes to your punctuation. My general advice is not to get into the habit of using semi-colons and colons. They can often make tyour meaning more obscure rather than more clear. You seem to have a...

My dictionaries only confused me more with their usage notes ... in addition to the confusing semicolon. This is what I was missing: CalifJim wrote:The stylistic pattern is: Enough ..., and this will happen. The reader is expected to understand this as a causal connection. Your...

The semicolon in the sentence beginning with enough is confusing, but this is because of how the spoken form was transcribed. Blame the transcriber! enough means sufficient, as always. The stylistic pattern is: Enough ..., and this will happen. The reader is expected to understand this...

Hi, I was reading through my textbook and came across the following: According to Marx, not only do religions pacify people falsely; they may themselves become tools of oppression. Why is the semicolon allowed between falsely and they? I suggest that it's not good to think of...

I was reading through my textbook and came across the following:According to Marx, not only do religions pacify people falsely; they may themselves become tools of oppression.Why is the semicolon allowed between falsely and they?I have a decent understanding of the semicolon usage, so I don't...

Semicolon use A semicolon following an independent clause (The Longman Writer's Companion). source: http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#14

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm Run-on sentences happen typically under the following circumstances*: When an independent clause gives an order or directive based on what was said in the prior independent clause: This next chapter has a lot of difficult information in it,...