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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

creative punctuation?

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0 In this example I would not use a semi-colon, but a comma: 01b 00Make us pure, Lord, and clean, outside and in 02b 02br 02br 00However, there may be a following sentence that changes the context. Perhaps if you gave us the full verse, we could see. 0-

— Feebs11

  • 0 In this example I would not use a semi-colon, but a comma: 01b 00Make us pure, Lord, and clean, outside and in 02b 02br 02br 00However, there may be a following sentence that changes the context.
  • Perhaps if you gave us the full verse, we could see.
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0 In this example I would not use a semi-colon, but a comma: 01b00Make us pure, Lord, and clean, outside and in 02b02br
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