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To: reformedliberal

“In my opinion, semicolon should be used very sparingly.

Discrimination!

Even the name; you might as well call it a half-breed colon.


1,092 posted on 04/11/2018 8:29:55 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Q is Admiral Michael S. Rogers)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

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1,223 posted on 04/11/2018 10:13:16 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Discrimination!

Even the name; you might as well call it a half-breed colon.
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Absolutely! Semi-colon needs to present the case for it’s right to exist.

If you need a semi-colon, ask why the *clauses* aren’t just two distinct sentences. No time to review the intricacies right now, but, IMO, semi-colon needs to decide if it’s a period or a comma.

Just rewrite the dang sentence(s)!


1,379 posted on 04/12/2018 4:44:53 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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