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... 12 January 2009, ‘We may want to borrow but will anyone lend?’
This is a great example of how to deploy the semi-colon in action. Note that the clause up to the ... :
There is no general agreement on the best way to fight a recession.
However, in the clause after the semi-colon, ‘there never has been’ there is not enough content to justify making it a separate sentence (even though ...
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A complete colonoscopy was carried out on Husband today, and his colon has been pronounced nice and 'clean', and healthy looking, with no radiation burns, etc. The doc has taken some small tissue samples from the colon, to run some tests (biopsy) on them. We should get the results by later today. Mind you, I wonder why it is that everyone always ...
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... to St. Louis. And really, I have to dope myself up so much to fly that the Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade magazine is about as much of a mental challenge as I can take.
This is either the final or the ... city Rockettes Sugar Plum Cookie Swap.
Surely there should be an apostrophe in there somewhere? Or a colon? Something?
Anyway, as ridiculous as the idea of a cookie swap with the Rockettes is (both ...
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... too fast... wishing it would last forever~~ But alas; I am back in the real world and really don't know if I used that semi-colon correctly but that's beside the point!
So what was it like you all ask? I can hear you all screaming at me...dying to know!!
Well... On Monday, we got the plane to Iceland! We flew for 3hours and I slept for about 2 of ...
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... This thought isn’t complete: there’s so – much – more.” If it were a colon you would know what was coming: expansion. Explanation. Justification. If it were an em-dash you’d expect ... . If it were a comma you’d read over it as quickly as possible, trying not to let it affect you. The semi-colon is a tantalus; you can’t guess what’s coming next. It ...
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... t be a question mark, that seek for answers that you know will always remain as a question or secret always. Semi-colon doesn't mean we are the same. we are just similar yet difference do exist.
Used to be a comma, a question mark. Now learn to appreciate semi-colon and trying to be fullstop at times. Sometimes life can be like an exclamation mark which surprises or leaves us ...
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... such topic of much discussion was undervalued punctuation.
"The poor semi-colon," one chap had said, "no one ever seems ... it like that, I've harboured a secret soft spot for the semi-colon.
So the other day, when I was drafting a long newsletter email for the company, I insidiously inserted a smattering of semi-colons. I mean, what's an HR bod to do in life if not to protect ...
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... . Indent new paragraphs.
Fifth Paper: Thesis? Gram: run on sentence; use a semi-colon or a connecting word. Cite your sources. Can you develop this point further?
Sixth Paper: Develop example to bring out your point. Gram: ... sentence. Number pages. Cite sources. Gram: run on sentence; use a semi-colon or connecting word.
Eighth Paper: Thesis! Cite sources. ...
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... prompt, enter command 'create database' followed by any database name. Remember to put semi-colon at the end of command:
create database emp;
5.Set the created ... INTO person (NAME) VALUES ('Feroz');
Notice that a character value is enclosed within single quotes and each command is terminated with a semi-colon.
8.Update the table.
* Use UPDATE command with SET and name-value ...
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... angsting. Let's start this again:
I think I have a great SSHRC proposal! I even used a semi-colon, and I think I used it correctly. I am awesome! I have letters of reference, and I ... and I am happy! Happy!
Here is my second paragraph. Sadly, it is not the part with the semi-colon. I am not going to put the whole thing up on the internet, because that would be foolish.
Some historians ...
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Author: viju9162
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:03 pm (GMT -8)
Is semi colon ( playing any role here. The two sentences are independent. If we observe the first sentence, it begins with word "first" and the sentence ends with semi colon. In the second sentence, it begins with next. Maybe, it is referring to the same noun ( manufacturers).
I'm not sure ...
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... for some context when disambiguating. Delimited File Output For any of the geocoding service functions, you can specify outFormat=file and a delimiter=of Comma(,) Pipe(|) Colon(:) or semi-colon(;). The service will then return a delimited text file including a header row. This should be especially useful for the batch geocoding function
Stay Tuned for more ...
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... sort through things step by step. You aren't subject to whim or emotions.
Your friends see you as a constant source of knowledge and advice.
(But they are a little sick of you being right all of the time!)
You excel in: Leadership positions
You get along best with: The Semi-Colon
What Punctuation Mark Are You?
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... have to think hard about whether to use through, threw or thru. I compound words that should be split, and split words that should compounded.
Just a few minutes ago I Googled, “When do you use a colon and and a semi-colon?” I had the rules switched around in my mind.
And the comma.
For, the, love, of, God, the, ...
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I care about the main punctuation marks. But I've never really learned how to use the colon nor the semi-colon. I like dashes and commas and periods, very useful scratches. I've never been a fan of the exclamation point, though. I am one of those people who get very irritated with misplaced apostrophes. Your is possessive, you ...
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