Grim Jim Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 20 hours ago, DonnyTJS said: Appropriate use of semi-colons often comes down to 'feel' rather than any strict adherence to grammatical rules, but, on the whole, they can be used instead of a full stop where two grammatically independent sentences are closely connected in terms of meaning. This means that they can often take the place of conjunctions like 'but' or 'so': "Semi-colons cause confusion; a lot of people avoid them." ... "Stadiums and arenas make shite music venues; I rarely go to a gig that holds more than a few hundred folk." The important thing is that the clauses on either side of the semi-colon can stand alone grammatically (so they're not like commas). You can also use them when giving a list when the contents of the list are grammatically complex so that you need commas to punctuate individual elements of the list. Doddle. I didn't even get a notification that I'd been quoted 😀 Anyhow: What about colons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 25 minutes ago, Grim Jim said: I didn't even get a notification that I'd been quoted 😀 Anyhow: What about colons? At least you didn't ask "what about semis". That could lead into a totally different debate. 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 10:55 PM, dan cake said: Surprised Dylan hasn't got a mention yet, a few older guys at work have seen him numerous times. Ranging from brilliant to utter Shi.te and everything in between I've seen Dylan twice now, once shite, once great. On 4/24/2018 at 10:12 AM, Larky Masher said: Saw Rush, shite, 😮 I love Rush. Would give my left testicular for them to do one more tour. Worst band I've seen live would probably be Slayer. I love my metal, but they were all over the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Beem Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 23 hours ago, Scunnered said: I've seen Dylan twice now, once shite, once great. 😮 I love Rush. Would give my left testicular for them to do one more tour. Worst band I've seen live would probably be Slayer. I love my metal, but they were all over the place. Not a massive fan but it has the be said the 3 lads in Rush are masters of their instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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