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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Semicolons

I am so close, for I have just withered down my inbox from about twenty emails to just 3 three.

-I think it should be right, I see 2 independent clauses that are related

but is it possible that I need a semicolon?
  

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-I think it should be right, I see 2 independent clauses that are relatedbut is it possible that I need a semicolon? I am so close, for I have just whittled withered down my inbox from about twenty emails to just 3 three. The comma is correct.

— AlpheccaStars

  • -I think it should be right, I see 2 independent clauses that are relatedbut is it possible that I need a semicolon?
  • I am so close, for I have just whittled withered down my inbox from about twenty emails to just 3 three.
  • The comma is correct.
  • For, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so (the"FANBOYS") are joining words.
  • They are called coordinating conjunctions because they join or coordinate two equal (independent) clauses.
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AnonymousI am so close, for I have just withered down my inbox from about twenty emails to just 3 three.-I think it should be right, I see 2 independent clauses that are relatedbut is it possible that I need a semicolon?
I am so close, for I have just whittled withered down my inbox from about twenty emails to just 3 three.
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