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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Semicolon use
0 I am sometimes quite unsure how I am supposed to deal with semicolons and colons. I have a decent understanding of when a semicolon should be used, but my confusion is about what I can do with the portion that comes after the semicolon. The sentence below illustrates my confusion because I am not sure if it is a grammaticaly correct sentence. 02 br
00 ---The basis of Leibniz's charge is twofold; miracles need to remain special and sacred and predictions about the world have to be possible.--- 02 br
00 The portion after the semicolon contains two sentences combined with a conjuction. I know this is usually wrong, but the word "twofold" implies that two clauses have to follow. Any feed back on semicolons would be appreciated. I also have questions about the colon use, and I will post sentences below. 02 br
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00 ---These are 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 Descartes' interactionism, Malebranche's occasionalism, and Leibniz's pre-established harmony.--- 02 br
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00 ---The two events compliment each other through their relation in time, and this leads to correlation. This is what we mean by harmony 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 inter-substantially and intra-substantially. 02 br
00 Any help would be great. 02 br
00 Thanks, 02 br
00 Hal 02 br
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00 ---The basis of Leibniz's charge is twofold; miracles need to remain special and sacred and predictions about the world have to be possible.--- 02 br
00 The portion after the semicolon contains two sentences combined with a conjuction. I know this is usually wrong, but the word "twofold" implies that two clauses have to follow. Any feed back on semicolons would be appreciated. I also have questions about the colon use, and I will post sentences below. 02 br
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00 ---These are 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 Descartes' interactionism, Malebranche's occasionalism, and Leibniz's pre-established harmony.--- 02 br
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00 ---The two events compliment each other through their relation in time, and this leads to correlation. This is what we mean by harmony 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 inter-substantially and intra-substantially. 02 br
00 Any help would be great. 02 br
00 Thanks, 02 br
00 Hal 02 br
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02 br 02 br 01 font 00 The portion after the semicolon contains two sentences combined with a conjuction. I know this is usually wrong, 02 font 00 No, its' not. 02 font 00 At least one of the teachers here will tell you to use them as sparingly as possible if at all.
- 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 The portion after the semicolon contains two sentences combined with a conjuction.
- I know this is usually wrong, 02 font 00 No, its' not.
- 02 font 00 At least one of the teachers here will tell you to use them as sparingly as possible if at all.
- --- 02 font 00 Don't use a colon here.
- What follows simply completes the sentence.
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0 Hello Hal, 02 br
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01 font 00 ---The basis of Leibniz's charge is twofold; miracles need to remain special and sacred and predictions about the world have to be possible.--- 02 font 00 This is okay - you use the semi-colon to seperate two independent clauses, but it's actually a great time to use the colon, because what follows is an ela
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01 font 00 ---The basis of Leibniz's charge is twofold; miracles need to remain special and sacred and predictions about the world have to be possible.--- 02 font 00 This is okay - you use the semi-colon to seperate two independent clauses, but it's actually a great time to use the colon, because what follows is an ela
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