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Was that a veiled threat?This is a deadly serious issue!
Mea Culpa. Yes, you're right. The second explains the first though, so you should be using a colon, not a semicolon.I think you'll find they are.
If you should learn anything from this thread, it is that people have literally been executed on the grounds of punctuation. You have been warned.Was that a veiled threat?
Mea Culpa. Yes, you're right. The second explains the first though, so you should be using a colon, not a semicolon.
I disagree. If you connect two independant clauses with a semicolon, they are both on equal footing. This is not the case here, as the second must follow the first.Like this, a semicolon is fine:
I love my parents; they're Lady Gaga and Humpty Dumpty.
Take out 'they're' and you need a colon since it's no longer an independent clause.
Quit bringing out the geek in me!
Not really, but I am more of an Oxford man myself, with regards to spelling and such. Yes, I support their confounded comma, but often ommit it myself. If anything, old fashioned Partridge's Usage and Abusage I think should be the last word, perhaps.@Quid est Veritas?
Do you have a style guide preference?
I seem to remember also the Humanities Research Council Guide - or some such name - is a good guide to writing.Like this, a semicolon is fine:
I love my parents; they're Lady Gaga and Humpty Dumpty.
Take out 'they're' and you need a colon since it's no longer an independent clause.
Quit bringing out the geek in me!
Oh, people will think you're erudite just for having a clue nowadays. And if you really want to impress them, start a discussion on the contrast of the hyphen and the dash.I hope this doesn't penalise me at college; course commences in August. Could you two help me by dumbing down your writing a little, in order that I can learn?
Or could you, at least, correct my usage of semi-colons?
You already know that I am inept to do such a discussion. Unless, I consider word length, etymology, or social differences of people using said structure -Is that what you mean?Oh, people will think you're erudite just for having a clue nowadays. And if you really want to impress them, start a discussion on the contrast of the hyphen and the dash.
I see they didn't teach periods; called full stops in the UK.husband and I were discussing the comma recently
with a series of items, I said comma is needed before AND
he says no
were we each taught different?
we did grow up in different states, lol
That is two variant systems: The Oxford Comma and AP-style's lack thereof.husband and I were discussing the comma recently
with a series of items, I said comma is needed before AND
he says no
were we each taught different?
we did grow up in different states, lol
Etymology can be fun. You can call someone nice and really mean it as an insult.You already know that I am inept to do such a discussion. Unless, I consider word length, etymology, or social differences of people using said structure -Is that what you mean?
One of my colleagues once saw a girl, whose name was written Le-né. He assumed it was pronounced 'le NAY', only for her mother to inform him that the dash wasn't silent.Oh, people will think you're erudite just for having a clue nowadays. And if you really want to impress them, start a discussion on the contrast of the hyphen and the dash.
I like me and my dots (elipses)... these ones... It is quicker and friendlier.on CF
if I don't cap the first word, then don't use a period
kinda like when I text husband, lol
That's ... creative. I guess I should start spelling my name like this:One of my colleagues once saw a girl, whose name was written Le-né. He assumed it was pronounced 'le NAY', only for her mother to inform him that the dash wasn't silent.
Turns out they were calling the girl 'le DASH ni'.
SaThat's ... creative. I guess I should start spelling my name like this:
Ada.
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