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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
subordinate clauses and semicolons
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Here is a sentence from an essay I am currently writing :
‘The Classical Age’ is perhaps a good place to start; it is at this point that modern civilization, for foucault at least, truly Begins.
Is my use of a semicolon here acceptable? I can't tell if 'it is at this point that modern civilization, for Foucault at least, truly begins' is an independent clause. Surely it makes no sense without the previous clause, and is therefore a dependent/subordinate clause. i am having real difficulty with this very basic distinction it seems between independent and dependent clauses
Here is a sentence from an essay I am currently writing :
‘The Classical Age’ is perhaps a good place to start; it is at this point that modern civilization, for foucault at least, truly Begins.
Is my use of a semicolon here acceptable? I can't tell if 'it is at this point that modern civilization, for Foucault at least, truly begins' is an independent clause. Surely it makes no sense without the previous clause, and is therefore a dependent/subordinate clause. i am having real difficulty with this very basic distinction it seems between independent and dependent clauses
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Anonymous Is my use of a semicolon here acceptable? Yes, and that is because it is an independent clause, not a subordinate clause that follows it. Semicolons separate independent clauses (among other tasks).
- Anonymous Is my use of a semicolon here acceptable?
- Yes, and that is because it is an independent clause, not a subordinate clause that follows it.
- Semicolons separate independent clauses (among other tasks).
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AnonymousIs my use of a semicolon here acceptable?Yes, and that is because it is an independent clause, not a subordinate clause that follows it. Semicolons separate independent clauses (among other tasks).
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... for foucault at least, truly Begins.
You have two independent sentences here. You can separate them with a full stop or semicolon, or you can join them with a conjunction.
'The Classical Age’ is perhaps a good place to start because it is at this point that modern c
... for foucault at least, truly Begins.
You have two independent sentences here. You can separate them with a full stop or semicolon, or you can join them with a conjunction.
'The Classical Age’ is perhaps a good place to start because it is at this point that modern c
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