Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Semicolons
Are the semicolons used correctly in the following sentence?
The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious; however, there are instances where what the author has written, clearly does not correspond with what is written in Genesis.
The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious; however, there are instances where what the author has written, clearly does not correspond with what is written in Genesis.
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Hi, The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious; however, there are instances where what the author has written, clearly does not correspond with what is written in Genesis. A semi-colon is normally used to join two closely related statments, but not three. I suggest this.
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Hi,
The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious; however, there are instances where what the author has written, clearly does not correspond with what is written in Genesis.
A semi-colon is normally used to join two closely related statments, but not three.
I suggest this.
The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious
The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious; however, there are instances where what the author has written, clearly does not correspond with what is written in Genesis.
A semi-colon is normally used to join two closely related statments, but not three.
I suggest this.
The play is based upon Genesis; this is for the most part obvious
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