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That one's a keeper, Miss Drew!
I read a piece last night on the liberties a poet may take in how he may or mayn't put stops in his verse. More later . . .
Thanks, Phizzy!
I was stopped in my dirty little tracks when I read that the only true stops are the period, the comma, the colon and the semi-colon. Seems the 'sclam and ? are tone-setters. Into this matter I must delve further. ???
Gratefully,
CoCo Colon or Semi, depending on my mood
AP guide -- it's a wonderful thing to own (or download.)
I worked for Demand Studios for a while. Those editors are demons about punctuation. I learned quite a lot. I even wrote an article about ellipses, after doing my research.
CoCO....I am developing a new found love of the english language. Good thread. Thanks
(of course it is plain to see that I have no idea how to use punctuation correctly, and my sentence structure is rubbish. But I'm working on it)
Could someone please explain to me when to use the (;) in a sentence. And the (:). I will love you long time if you can give me an example...LOL
Crud, I can't see Heaven's visual aid...
Ah...
There we go.
*swoons*
She said comma quote your grammar stinks period end quote I replied comma quote so does your breath period end quote
Farkel, Literalist CLASS
Thanks, dear friends, for your wonderful posts!
Farkel, you're a hoot (are you aware of that?); still thinking, I'll get back to you . . .
Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia.
Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia.
CoCo
Examples of semi-colon and colon use:
The semi-colon is like a weak period. Two independent clauses (complete statements with subject and verb) that are related may be joined as follows:
I regularly eat a lot of vegetables; today I will have squash and eggplant.
A colon can be used to form a link between a declaration of a matter and the follow-up information:
I am making a list of my favorite vegetables: turnip, celery, rutabaga, parsnip.
There's more, of course!
CoCo
I used to have trouble with i.e. and e.g. I've got it straight now, thank goodness. i.e. means "in other words," and e.g. means "for example." I understand they are always in small letters, even at the beginning of a sentence.
Thank you, Hortensia:
[. . .] and always followed by a comma:
i.e.,
e.g.,
Gratefully,
CoCo, that is . . .
