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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

semicolon usage

Hi,
Is this semicolon use correct?

He gave an invitation; absolutely nothing happened, but he was asked to tutor again.
  

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To me, yes. However, it's an unusual sentence, and hard to understand without any context. Perhaps you know the context and what it means?

  • To me, yes.
  • However, it's an unusual sentence, and hard to understand without any context.
  • Perhaps you know the context and what it means?
  • I found this through Google: " In the last century two continents were moved by the revival in England started by Dwight L.
  • Moody.
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To me, yes.

However, it's an unusual sentence, and hard to understand without any context. Perhaps you know the context and what it means? I found this through Google:

"In the last century two continents were moved by the revival in England started by Dwight L. Moody. He went to visit England, and while there he preached in a little country church. It was a dead service, even

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