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Old 05-16-2007, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by christiangirl View Post
^^^a girl in my class would always edit my work and on almost every piece, she wrote "I question your use of semicolons." Not to be snotty, but I got an A in Advanced Grammar and you got a kick in the head, so let's question someone else's semicolons, shall we.
omg i hope we werent in the same class cause that is one of my grammar pet peeves. i would write that on classmates' papers all the time.

if you're not sure whether a semicolon should be used. dont use it. i mean unless you are ABSOLUTELY sure, just look at it!

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the damn symbol is giving you a choice: end the sentence (.) or keep going (,). but if youre that fly, do the damn thang and ( ; ) that sentence like its ya birfday!
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Do you know people? Have you interacted with them? Because this is pretty standard no-brainer stuff. -33girl

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