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wanted hide his money

Abil — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:33:54 GMT

I was reading a website on English grammar. I cameÂ across a sentence which reads:"The old man wanted hide his money, for he feared his children would steal it from him."

MyÂ quesitonÂ is,Â whyÂ thereÂ isÂ noÂ "to"Â afterÂ "wanted"?Â WouldÂ someoneÂ shedÂ someÂ lightÂ onÂ it?
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Compound Sentences
1. Use a Comma and a Joining Word.
[Joining Words (coordinating conjunctions): For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So]

The teacher lectured for over an hour, and his students slept soundly.
The old man wanted hide his money, for he feared his children would steal it from him.
The student had a test the next day, so she studied all night long.

Pattern: Sentence, joining word sentence.
Subject + Predicate, joining word Subject + Predicate.

2. Use a Semicolon.

The teacher lectured for over an hour; his students slept soundly.
The old man wanted hide his money; he feared his children would steal it from him.
The student studied all night long; she had a test the next day.

Patterns: Sentence ; sentence.
Subject + Predicate ; Subject + Predicate.

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Re: Is this a right use of a semicolon?

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:06:16 GMT

I doubt that it is more nearly acceptable that we reproduce the exact same thread with a new date on it.

The word that I mispelled was "clause." If you reread the post, I misspelled several words. I was copying from the Gregg reference manual (an English grammar / usage reference manual) as fast as I could.

General English Grammar Questions

Azkoolchik — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:51:35 GMT

What's a clause? I am not understanding what an independent clause is when using a comma or semicolon? How do I know wether to use a comma or semicolon? Please give example.

<Edited: The word is grammar. Also, it would REALLY help us, as Francesca has already pointed out in another post, if you would use the subject line to give an idea of what the subject is. In this case, for example, you could have called it "Help with clauses" or something like that.