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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Semicolons

Are the semicolons used correctly in the following sentence?

The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious; however, there are instances where what the author has written, clearly does not correspond with what is written in Genesis.
  

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Hi, The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious; however, there are instances where what the author has written, clearly does not correspond with what is written in Genesis. A semi-colon is normally used to join two closely related statments, but not three. I suggest this.

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  • Hi, The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious; however, there are instances where what the author has written, clearly does not correspond with what is written in Genesis.
  • A semi-colon is normally used to join two closely related statments, but not three.
  • I suggest this.
  • The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious .
  • H owever, there are instances where what the author has written clearly does not correspond with what is written in Genesis.
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Hi,

The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious; however, there are instances where what the author has written, clearly does not correspond with what is written in Genesis.

A semi-colon is normally used to join two closely related statments, but not three.

I suggest this.

The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious
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