Are semicolons necessary? |
 Aug 6 2009, 10:40 PM
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Kurt Vonnegut wrote, "Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college." But I happen to like semicolons; I have been to college and I know how to use them properly. So who's right, Kurt Vonnegut or me?
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Aug 6 2009, 10:53 PM
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 I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
sorry, i have to side with Vonnegut. i don't think they are necessary and they never enhance the meaning or my understanding of anything.
on top of that, i'm in college, and i still don't know when to use them. maybe that's why i'm being forced into an advanced composition class though. either way, i don't feel like a sentence made any more sense to me because it had a semicolon in it. |
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Aug 6 2009, 11:01 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Aug 6 2009, 10:53 PM)  i'm in college, and i still don't know when to use them. This is me. I have to reference my grammar booklet every time I attempt to use them. Semicolons are the arrogant bastards of punctuation.
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mipadi Are semicolons necessary? Aug 6 2009, 10:40 PM
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I can't say I like or dislike semicolons... Aug 8 2009, 03:41 PM elletricity I like semicolons. I overuse them in English class... Aug 14 2009, 04:08 PM emberfly QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 6 2009, 10:40 PM) Kurt... Aug 14 2009, 04:16 PM Butterface89 QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 6 2009, 10:40 PM) Kurt... Oct 1 2010, 10:24 AM |
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