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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Can semi-colon affect the meaning of a sentence?
Hello,
I'm translating the short extract below, and - since I have no idea what the toi-toi (toe-toe) grass actually looks like - I'm wondering whether "the bushes" are related to "toi-toi". I mean, I know it's a rather tall grass; could it then possibly be referred to as "bushes"? I am double unsure because of the semi-colon, which seems to be somehow relating the two clauses together.
A heavy dew had fallen. The grass was blue. Big drops hung on the bushes and just did not fall; the silvery fluffy toi-toi was limp on its long stalks, and all the marigolds and the pinks in the bungalow gardens were bowed to the earth with wetness. Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves.
Many thanks for any help!
Lenny
I'm translating the short extract below, and - since I have no idea what the toi-toi (toe-toe) grass actually looks like - I'm wondering whether "the bushes" are related to "toi-toi". I mean, I know it's a rather tall grass; could it then possibly be referred to as "bushes"? I am double unsure because of the semi-colon, which seems to be somehow relating the two clauses together.
A heavy dew had fallen. The grass was blue. Big drops hung on the bushes and just did not fall; the silvery fluffy toi-toi was limp on its long stalks, and all the marigolds and the pinks in the bungalow gardens were bowed to the earth with wetness. Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves.
Many thanks for any help!
Lenny
Top answer
Grass and bushes are two different types of vegetation. Bushes have woody stems and branches. Toi-toi grass
- Grass and bushes are two different types of vegetation.
- Bushes have woody stems and branches.
- Toi-toi grass
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