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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Colon and semicolon
Please explain when to use a colon verses a semi colon?
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Hi, If you search the Forum, you'll find plenty of discussions about this, eg Clive
- Hi, If you search the Forum, you'll find plenty of discussions about this, eg Clive
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My over-simplified distinction holds some water, I think.
The colon can be treated as an equals sign: what is on the left = what is on the right.
The semi-colon can be treated as a period; the two segments could be independent sentences but are so closely related that the writer wants them in the same sentence without too many extra clauses.
[My parents are from Englan
The colon can be treated as an equals sign: what is on the left = what is on the right.
The semi-colon can be treated as a period; the two segments could be independent sentences but are so closely related that the writer wants them in the same sentence without too many extra clauses.
[My parents are from Englan
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