Correct usage
a) He suffered from bad road rage; furious rage.
Can the semi-colon be used this way?
Say you wrote: He suffered from bad road rage. Furious rage. So he sought help.
Would the furious rage part be classed as a stand alone sentence in this structure, and therefore could be used with a semi-colon too? Two independent related sentences joined in context?
b) The production was bad and the script dull; an awful show to be avoided.
Is this wrong as written or informal usage/stylistic?
Top answer
a) Hte suffered from bad road rage; furious rage First, Let me say it seems redundant to say that rage is bad or that rage is furious. rage and fury are essentially the same thing. Can the semi-colon be used this way?
- a) Hte suffered from bad road rage; furious rage First, Let me say it seems redundant to say that rage is bad or that rage is furious.
- rage and fury are essentially the same thing.
- Can the semi-colon be used this way?
- Say you wrote: He suffered from bad road rage.
- Furious.
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