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Annacolica Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Where to put commas and semicolons,thank you
Before this century oysters were cheap they were not the luxury they are today. They were not eaten during the summer however it was safe to do so in the winter. They are very flavoursome but a lot of people don't like the thought of swallowing them the texture is off-putting.
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Hi Annacolica Welcome to the English Forums. annacolica Before this century, oysters were cheap; they were not the luxury they are today. They were not eaten during the summer; however, it was safe to do so in the winter.
- Hi Annacolica Welcome to the English Forums.
- annacolica Before this century, oysters were cheap; they were not the luxury they are today.
- They were not eaten during the summer; however, it was safe to do so in the winter.
- They are very flavoursome, but a lot of people don't like the thought of swallowing them; the texture is off-putting.
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Hi Annacolica
Welcome to the English Forums.
Welcome to the English Forums.
annacolicaBefore this century, oysters were cheap; they were not the luxury they are today. They were not eaten during the summer; however, it was safe to do so in the winter. They are very flavoursome, but a lot of people don't like the thought of swallowing them; the texture
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Althought one of our illustrious members really advises against the semi-colon in general, I'm nearly as strongly opposed. However, I would say that three in one paragraph is too many. One is usually more than enough. (No more than one per page is probably more in keeping with how often it's really needed.)
Yoong Liat is entirely correct if your only choices are commas or semi-colons, but
Yoong Liat is entirely correct if your only choices are commas or semi-colons, but
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