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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

independent clause after a semicolon

0Hi,02br
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00Please let me know if there can be 01u00any internal punctuation marks02u00 (as long as it is appropriate) in the clause that follows a semicolon.02br
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00We need to change; changes are to come in three areas of our operation: operational, administrative and finance. 0-
  

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12br 12br 10We need to change; changes are to come in three areas of our operation: operational, administrative and finance. 12br 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00It's a little unusual, but not wrong, to have the 'colon' part of the sentence following the 'semicolon' part -- it seems a little unbalanced. I think your sentence can be improved by the following.

— Philip

  • 12br 12br 10We need to change; changes are to come in three areas of our operation: operational, administrative and finance.
  • 12br 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00It's a little unusual, but not wrong, to have the 'colon' part of the sentence following the 'semicolon' part -- it seems a little unbalanced.
  • I think your sentence can be improved by the following.
  • 01u 00We need to make some changes, which will come in three areas of our operation: operational, administrative and financ02u 01font 01u 00ial02u 02font 02font 01font 00.
  • 02font 02b 00 0-
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01cite10Believer12cite10Hi,12br
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10Please let me know if there can be 11u10any internal punctuation marks12u10 (as long as it is appropriate) in the clause that follows a semicolon.12br
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10We need to change; changes are to come in three areas of our operation: operati
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0Hi,02br
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00Another approach is to simply use two sentences, and thus avoid this punctuation problem. This will also make it a little easier for the reader to see your meaning.02br
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01font00We need to make changes. These are to come in three areas of our operation: operational, administrative and financial. 02font
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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10Another approach is to simply use two sentences, and thus avoid this punctuation problem. This will also make it a little easier for the reader to see your meaning.12br
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11font10We need to make changes. These are to come in three are
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