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Hi, I think the following shows the case of optional comma placement. I think a comma (and some other punctuation marks??) can be used to allow some breathing space as readers read certain part of a text Yes and these seem to do that. As to the semicolon, would you say it is used since what...

Memos show Clinton turmoil Question: I would have written ''Clinton's turmoil''. Why didn't the author use apostrophe? BY CRAIG GORDON AND TOM BRUNE | <email addresses removed by mod.> August 13, 2008 Question: Why is semicolon used instead of comma to separate...

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...

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...

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...