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Sailsofoblivion Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Colon or semi-colon?
In this instance, would a semi-colon be required after knives rather than a comma?
Thanks in advance!
Edgar Allen Poe would have liked her house: it contained an attic shrouded by dust; a kitchen full of dangerous looking knives, and even a grandfather clock complete with a pendulum.
Thanks in advance!
Edgar Allen Poe would have liked her house: it contained an attic shrouded by dust; a kitchen full of dangerous looking knives, and even a grandfather clock complete with a pendulum.
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I wouldn't put a semi-colon there. By the way, please don't double-post. It is a waste of a member's time to answer a question that has already been answered in another thread.
- I wouldn't put a semi-colon there.
- By the way, please don't double-post.
- It is a waste of a member's time to answer a question that has already been answered in another thread.
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I wouldn't put a semi-colon there.
By the way, please don't double-post. It is a waste of a member's time to answer a question that has already been answered in another thread.
By the way, please don't double-post. It is a waste of a member's time to answer a question that has already been answered in another thread.
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sailsofoblivionEdgar Allen Poe would have liked her house: it contained an attic shrouded by dust, a kitchen full of dangerous-looking knives, and even a grandfather clock complete with a pendulum.There should not be a semicolon after "knives", and the semicolon after "dust" is wrong. And most people would put a period after "house".
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