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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Is this sentence correctly punctuated?

I want all Londoners; families, women, and children, to come to the Hyde Park.
  

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The semi-colon doesn't work in this sentence. Perhaps you could use dashes instead? Also, Hyde Park is a place and doesn't need the definite article.

— David Hatton

  • The semi-colon doesn't work in this sentence.
  • Perhaps you could use dashes instead?
  • Also, Hyde Park is a place and doesn't need the definite article.
  • The serial comma (before 'and') is optional.
  • Anonymous I want all Londoners ; - families, women, and children - to come to the Hyde Park.
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The semi-colon doesn't work in this sentence. Perhaps you could use dashes instead?
Also, Hyde Park is a place and doesn't need the definite article.
The serial comma (before 'and') is optional.
AnonymousI want all Londoners; - families, women, and children - to come to the Hyde Park.
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Semicolons only join together complete sentences.
In this case "I want all Londoners" is not a complete sentence, so semicolon is incorrect. Colon might work in addition to dash.

Whether or not you should put the comma after children is a matter of debate. The AP style guide (for journalists) doesn't require a serial comma.
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I'm unclear about who you want to come..'Families' include men. women and children.
Do you also want men and women who do not live with a family?

Why not simply say 'all Londoners'?
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