• How to use semicolons
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M94ii6MVilw[/media] A few days late.
Wait, Whut?
I'm pretty sure they're still not using them correctly... It's the separation of two separate clauses "I've never been to the gym; I don't work out"
[QUOTE=Winters;40807146]I'm pretty sure they're still not using them correctly... It's the separation of two separate clauses "I've never been to the gym; I don't work out"[/QUOTE] watch the entire video
[QUOTE=Winters;40807146]I'm pretty sure they're still not using them correctly... It's the separation of two separate clauses "I've never been to the gym; I don't work out"[/QUOTE] watch the video to the end next time
[QUOTE=butters757;40807159]watch the entire video[/QUOTE] In my defense I had listened to most of it and just paused it to write that post. [editline]27th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Pat4ever;40807166]watch the video to the end next time[/QUOTE] Got that the first time thanks.
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college." - Kurt Vonnegut
Semicolons are alright really; they certainly aren't as bad as using, for instance, a whole bunch of commas, when one, or perhaps two, would have sufficed, or similar things like- heaven forbid!- hyphens in huge excess, and this is all without mentioning the overuse of the ellipsis... [editline]28th May 2013[/editline] Seriously though, reading Dickens have left me using far more commas than the average person, and gigantic, mangled sentences. It's upsetting.
[QUOTE=Winters;40807200]In my defense I had listened to most of it and just paused it to write that post. [editline]27th May 2013[/editline] Got that the first time thanks.[/QUOTE] wow way to be rude considering you know the end of the video [sp] shows that actually they were wrong the whole time , so you were correct? [/sp]
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