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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Business & Finance

Semicolon on parenthetical marks?

Writing a disclosure for financial statements and wanted a second opinion in regards to puncuation.

" All borrowings are at the bank's discretion and bear interest at the bank's prime interest rate plus 1.25% per annum; 4.5% and 8.5% at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively."

I'm thinking the semicolon should be dropped and parenthetical marks should be inserted. Any thoughts?

Sorry for any spelling errros
  

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I agree the semi-colon is incorrect. However, is "borrowings" the correct word? " For these types of things, sometimes redundancy in the name of clarity isn't the same bad style it is in other places.

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  • I agree the semi-colon is incorrect.
  • However, is "borrowings" the correct word?
  • " For these types of things, sometimes redundancy in the name of clarity isn't the same bad style it is in other places.
  • 25% per annum.
  • 5% on December 31, 2008.
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I agree the semi-colon is incorrect. However, is "borrowings" the correct word? And "on" Dec 31, not "at."

For these types of things, sometimes redundancy in the name of clarity isn't the same bad style it is in other places.

All borrowings are at the bank's discretion and bear interest at the bank's prime interest rate plus 1.25% per annum. Specifically, this rate was 4.5% on D
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