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Ducks1160 Posted 15 years ago
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Running Compound Sentence

Is the following sentence punctuated correctly? Should the semicolong be a comma, or should each independent clause be separated with a semicolon because if one is, they all should be? I used a semicolon on the last independent clause because it has internal commas.

I had to look all over Berlin, and the puppy cost me a small fortune; but for the girl I love, Monika, nothing is too much.
  

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I had to look all over Berlin for a puppy which had cost me a small fortune. However, if it is for Monika, the girl I love, nothing is too much.

  • I had to look all over Berlin for a puppy which had cost me a small fortune.
  • However, if it is for Monika, the girl I love, nothing is too much.
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I had to look all over Berlin for a puppy which had cost me a small fortune. However, if it is for Monika, the girl I love, nothing is too much.

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