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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Semicolon vs dash
I think I get it right most of the time, but sometimes I'm just not sure. For example, consider the sentences:
* I've been to New York a couple of times; It's a very nice place.
That's how I would write it, but I'm not too sure about it; the confusion is probably a result of the fact that the dash seems to be much more prevalent.
(Did I use the semicolon correctly in the above sentence as well?)
* I've been to New York a couple of times; It's a very nice place.
That's how I would write it, but I'm not too sure about it; the confusion is probably a result of the fact that the dash seems to be much more prevalent.
(Did I use the semicolon correctly in the above sentence as well?)
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Anonymous * I've been to New York a couple of times; It's a very nice place. The semicolon is becoming less used in modern English. The traditional explanation is, people used to, or may be still using semicolon to connect two separate thoughts which share some form of commonality.
- Anonymous * I've been to New York a couple of times; It's a very nice place.
- The semicolon is becoming less used in modern English.
- The traditional explanation is, people used to, or may be still using semicolon to connect two separate thoughts which share some form of commonality.
- Or second part after the semicolon continues with the context of the previous clause.
- e.
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Anonymous* I've been to New York a couple of times; It's a very nice place.The semicolon is becoming less used in modern English. The traditional explanation is, people used to, or may be still using semicolon to connect two separate thoughts which share some form of commonality. Or second part after the semicolon continues with the context of the previous cl
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