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To: aumrl

English is my second language and I have sometimes trouble with the correct punctuation. I am not always sure when to apply a semi-colon.


64 posted on 09/14/2013 6:13:35 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin
English is my second language and I have sometimes trouble with the correct punctuation. I am not always sure when to apply a semi-colon.

Mostly it's used to replace a period to make a compound sentence out of what could have been two independent sentences.

65 posted on 09/14/2013 7:00:45 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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