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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

semicolon and colon

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Hi, Just put a comma there,for a very slight pause. There is no need for any fancier punctuation. A colon would suggest something is being defined, which is not the case here.

— Clive

  • Hi, Just put a comma there,for a very slight pause.
  • There is no need for any fancier punctuation.
  • A colon would suggest something is being defined, which is not the case here.
  • A semi-colon requires what follows to be an independent clause.
  • Here it is not.
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Hi,

Just put a comma there,for a very slight pause. There is no need for any fancier punctuation.

A colon would suggest something is being defined, which is not the case here.

A semi-colon requires what follows to be an independent cla
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