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Panda blue 483 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Semi colon usage/accuracy


As for the mans condition itself; it stil exists, and I'm sure there are severe cases, but he appeared to have a particualy agressive form of the condition at that time in England.


Can you use a semi-colon after the opening clause in this way for effect.

  

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As for the man's condition itself , it still exists, and I'm sure there are severe cases, but he appeared to have a particularly aggressive form of the condition at that time in England. ) Can you use a semi-colon after the opening clause in this way for effect. No, you can't.

  • As for the man's condition itself , it still exists, and I'm sure there are severe cases, but he appeared to have a particularly aggressive form of the condition at that time in England.
  • ) Can you use a semi-colon after the opening clause in this way for effect.
  • No, you can't.
  • It needs to be a complete sentence that can stand alone.
  • I would use a comma.
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As for the man's condition itself, it still exists, and I'm sure there are severe cases, but he appeared to have a particularly aggressive form of the condition at that time in England.

(You have several spelling errors as corrected above.)


Can you use a semi-colon after the opening clause in this way for effect. No, you can't. It n

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