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Hello,
Can I use a semicolon in the following case? StartFragment >
"As for the unsatisfactory points ; safety, programs, and management of the community facilities for children appeared to be unsatisfactory."
Or
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Not really my cup of tea. The semicolon puzzles me greatly. (I suppose it separates the two direct objects.) I see only one main clause: home has setting and descent . The only other thing I'd call a clause is "that seems appropriately
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I like your dogs,they are so cute. Hi, mohzayat. This amounts to a "comma splice." It needs either a conjunction or a semicolon. I like your dogs because they are so cute. I like your dogs; they are so cute. Best wishes, - A. Edit.
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The original is fine.
your father is smart and your mother is smart, therefore you are smart. This is a comma splice.
To remove it, a semicolon or the coordinating conjuction so is needed.
Thank you, Greek!
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The semicolon is used in a series that has been introduced by a colon.
Otherwise, it is used in place of a period to join two sentences which are so close in meaning that a period would set them apart.
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His eyes were a blazing blue, his teeth a radiant white, and both contrasted dramatically against his bronzed face. It would seem that a semicolon should follow "blue" because the first clause is independent, but it is also the first of
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semicolons are commonly usedf in "not only" statements, indicating connection of ideas without unnecessary prepositions or conjunctions. Can you give an example of what you mean by this?
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Please help me with this: This is why I got involved with community service; an activity through which I was able to build houses... Leaving everything on the field was indispensable; an ideology we sixteen individuals adopted... (are the
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Thanks, everyone. According to The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style: With other punctuation Put commas and periods inside closing quotation marks; put colons and semicolons outside. Other punctuation, such as exclamation
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Jingtian, The New York Times style book says: periods and commas, in American usage, always go inside the closing quotation marks, regardless of grammatical logic. Another source gives this example: ...two complete thoughts joined by
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