Which would you say is best to use in this sentence: comma, semicolon or full stop?
Or are they all acceptable?
He travels around the UK a lot. One week he'll be down in London. The next he'll be in Edinburgh.
He travels around the UK a lot. One week he'll be down in London, the next he'll be in Edinburgh.
He travels around the UK a lot. One week he'll be down in London; the next he'll be in Edinburgh.
Likewise, if I wanted to omit some words:
He travels around the UK a lot. One week he'll be down in London, the next in Edinburgh.
He travels around the UK a lot. One week he'll be down in London; the next, in Edinburgh.
Top answer
He travels around the UK a lot. One week he'll be down in London, and the next, in Edinburgh. You could join the clauses with a comma in a sort of asyndeton, but the comma looks a bit fragile there all by itself, and it quacks like a splice, so throw in the "and" that is understood, anyway.
- He travels around the UK a lot.
- One week he'll be down in London, and the next, in Edinburgh.
- You could join the clauses with a comma in a sort of asyndeton, but the comma looks a bit fragile there all by itself, and it quacks like a splice, so throw in the "and" that is understood, anyway.
- A full stop kills the flow.
- The semicolon smells of the lamp, and it kills the possibility of the tacit repetition.
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He travels around the UK a lot. One week he'll be down in London, and the next, in Edinburgh.
You could join the clauses with a comma in a sort of asyndeton, but the comma looks a bit fragile there all by itself, and it quacks like a splice, so throw in the "and" that is understood, anyway. A full stop kills the flow. The semicolon smells of the lamp, and it kills the possibility of the
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