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From: Timothy Schablin <timothy -at- eskimo -dot- com>
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Subject: comma or semicolon
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Consider the following-----> At ABC company, we make products with the
consumer in mind; products that aid in productivity and quality.
Notice the semicolon. Would you change it to a comma, period, colon, or
leave the semicolon.
The reason i'm asking, 'cause everyone i ask seems to have a different
opinion. (One of my books says a semicolon, the other a colon.)