I should use semicolons in this sentence, shouldn’t? Or are semicolons here unnecessary?
I should use semicolons in this sentence, shouldn’t? Or are semicolons here unnecessary? Please help me.
Mr. Thomas Gray, executive officer of an oil company in Iraq; Mrs. Lily Jacobs, dean of a renowned college in Africa; and Miss Laura Thompson, head nurse of a hospital in Northern America, attended an international conference held in Sweden.
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Remove the comma after "America", and change "Northern" to "North", and you're good. Items that themselves have internal commas like that are separated by semicolons in a list to aid reading.
- Remove the comma after "America", and change "Northern" to "North", and you're good.
- Items that themselves have internal commas like that are separated by semicolons in a list to aid reading.
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Remove the comma after "America", and change "Northern" to "North", and you're good. Items that themselves have internal commas like that are separated by semicolons in a list to aid reading.
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