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Rommel Posted 8 years ago
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Is 'and' correctly used in the sentence? Or should I use a semicolon (;) or an ellipsis (...) instead of 'and'?

Is 'and' correctly used in the sentence? Or should I use a semicolon (;) or an ellipsis (...) instead of 'and'?

Lito, the guest speaker, told the audience that friendship means understanding, not agreement, and forgiveness, not forgetting.

  

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You have done it correctly. A semicolon would be wrong. An ellipsis would work in poetical writing or in dialogue, but not in regular prose.

  • You have done it correctly.
  • A semicolon would be wrong.
  • An ellipsis would work in poetical writing or in dialogue, but not in regular prose.
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You have done it correctly. A semicolon would be wrong. An ellipsis would work in poetical writing or in dialogue, but not in regular prose.

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