By Expressions, Semicolons

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...

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,...

Yup. The clause from "you can help..." to "...with" is a little long and easy to get lost in, and it's mildly inconsistent to join this to preceding clause with a semicolon, but to the following clause with a period. There should also be no hyphen between "nonactions" and "have". I would change...