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Tips for writers--semi-colons
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| JMuelver 2007-03-04, 10:17 pm |
| On Feb 3, 11:02 am, "Mikey" <l...@intel.net> wrote:
> Free info on the correct way to use semi-colonshttp://www.helium.com/tm/148130/youre-lucky-today-through
I have been a technical writer since 1966, have written over 5 million
words, and been paid an average of 50 cents apiece for all of them. In
that time, I have never encountered a situation where using a
semicolon would enhance the reader's understanding or improve the
clarity of my work. The "correct way to use semicolons" is to avoid
constructions and complications that might require them in the first
place.
---- Jerry
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| Adrienne Boswell 2007-03-05, 3:16 am |
| Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "JMuelver" <JMuelver@XXXXXXXXXX>
writing in news:1173060011.410120.124610@c51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
> On Feb 3, 11:02 am, "Mikey" <l...@intel.net> wrote:
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> I have been a technical writer since 1966, have written over 5 million
> words, and been paid an average of 50 cents apiece for all of them. In
> that time, I have never encountered a situation where using a
> semicolon would enhance the reader's understanding or improve the
> clarity of my work. The "correct way to use semicolons" is to avoid
> constructions and complications that might require them in the first
> place.
>
> ---- Jerry
>
Is this the same Jerry from alt.html?
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Adrienne Boswell at Home
Arbpen Web Site Design Services
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
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| JMuelver 2007-03-05, 6:19 pm |
| On Mar 4, 10:06 pm, Adrienne Boswell <arb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "JMuelver" <JMuel...@XXXXXXXXXX>
> writing innews:1173060011.410120.124610@c51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
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> Is this the same Jerry from alt.html?
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> Adrienne Boswell at Home
> Arbpen Web Site Design Serviceshttp://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
> Please respond to the group so others can share
Could be, if that "Jerry" is witty, handsome, articulate, opinionated,
and invariably correct!
---- Jerry
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