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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

The semi-colon

0Hi everyone. Can I replace the semi-colon by a comma in the following setence? Can I do by a period?02br
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01font01i00Hundreds of people cross the border from the US to Canada every day01b01font00;02font00 02b00therefore, it is not possible to search all of them carefully.02i02font02br
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00Thanks.02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Liveinjapan12cite 10Hi everyone. Can I replace the semi-colon by a comma in the following 11i 11b 10setence12b 12i 10? 12b 12i 12br 11b 10A comma cannot be used.

— Yoong Liat

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Liveinjapan12cite 10Hi everyone.
  • Can I replace the semi-colon by a comma in the following 11i 11b 10setence12b 12i 10?
  • 12b 12i 12br 11b 10A comma cannot be used.
  • 12br 12br 12br 12br 12br 12blockquote 1-
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite10Hi everyone. Can I replace the semi-colon by a comma in the following 11i11b10setence12b12i10? Can I do by a period?12br
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11font11i10Hundreds of people cross the border from the US to Canada every day11b11f
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0Thank you Liat.02br
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00When a semi-colon is used, the first sentence is linked the second sentence a bit stronger than when they are spliced together by a period.02br
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00Right?0-
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0 Hi LiJ02br
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00That is generally true, but because your sentence uses the word '01b00therefore02b00' there isn't really much difference. The word 'therefore' makes a strong connection itself. What bothers me a little bit about your sentence is the clutter of punctuation around the word 'therefore'.0-
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0Thank you Yankee.05002br
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01font01i00the clutter of punctuation. 02i02font00I see what you mean. I would use a period.02br
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01cite10Yankee12cite10Hi LiJ12br
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10That is generally true, but because your sentence uses the word '11b10therefore12b10' there isn't really much difference. The word 'therefore' makes a strong connection itself. What bothers me a little bit about your sentence is the clutter of punctuation
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Hundreds of people cross the border from the US to Canada every day so therefore it is not possible to search all of them carefully.

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