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Subject:RE: Ban the Semicolon? From:"Margaret Secara" <margaret -dot- secara -at- alphather -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:44:24 -0800
>>> John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> 03/14/02 12:28PM >>>
> interpreting the comma splice or the simple enjambed sentence
> (where a semicolon
Enjambed? Worry about it? What the h*** IS it?
=====
Uhmmm.... from the examples we've seen so far, they're just run-on
sentences. (My current favorite form is where instead of a semi-colon,
they're using a comma. Actually, every pair of sentences seems to be
combined with a comma these days.)
In poetry, enjambment is when a sentence or thought wraps onto the next line, and it's considered a virtue. Imagine my surprise.
Maggie Secara
Grammar Girl
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