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Deadmouse Posted 17 years ago
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Help with semicolons

Please help me with this:

This is why I got involved with community service; an activity through which I was able to build houses...

Leaving everything on the field was indispensable; an ideology we sixteen individuals adopted...

(are the semicolons being used correctly? if no, what should i edit?)

Thanks in advance Emotion: smile !!
  

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Hi, This is why I got involved with community service; an activity through which I was able to build houses... Leaving everything on the field was indispensable; an ideology we sixteen individuals adopted... (are the semicolons being used correctly?

— Clive

  • Hi, This is why I got involved with community service; an activity through which I was able to build houses...
  • Leaving everything on the field was indispensable; an ideology we sixteen individuals adopted...
  • (are the semicolons being used correctly?
  • ) Just use commas, ie This is why I got involved with community service , an activity through which I was able to build houses...
  • Leaving everything on the field was indispensable, an ideology we sixteen individuals adopted...
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Hi,

This is why I got involved with community service; an activity through which I was able to build houses...

Leaving everything on the field was indispensable; an ideology we sixteen individuals adopted...

(are the semicolons being used correctly? if no, what should i edit?)

Just use commas, ie

This is why I got involved with community service,
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