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Coffeecustard Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Semicolon before "in particular"

Anyone have any idea if the semicolon before "in particular" in the following example is correct? Or should it be changed to a comma?

Resource allocation issues for different networking scenarios are presented; in particular, the MIMO systems, heterogeneous QoS provisioning, OFDM networks, wireless multimedia, and packet access systems.

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I personnally would write either a comma or a colon. A semicolon makes too much of a break in the sentence when in fact you are explaining what you've just said...

— Pieanne

  • I personnally would write either a comma or a colon.
  • A semicolon makes too much of a break in the sentence when in fact you are explaining what you've just said...
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I personnally would write either a comma or a colon. A semicolon makes too much of a break in the sentence when in fact you are explaining what you've just said...
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I guess so. I changed the semicolon back to a comma and it sounded right - the flow of the sentence and the ideas was natural, unbroken. I removed the comma after "in particular" though.
Thanks a bunch for such a quick reply. Have a great day.
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I'm working on it!
you too!
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