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Semicolons introduce complete clauses not separated from another complete clause by a conjunction; items in a list whose articles contain commas, like this one; and in other special cases.
Possessive apostrophes are used after EVERY word that shows possession except the pronouns (my, his, her, ours, its, etc.) Apostrophes are usually used only in this context. The only other acceptable use of an apostrophe is to indicate that a contraction is being employed.
Examples:
His dog was named Spot.
Spot's tail was wagging.
Its fur was shedding all over the place.
"He's shedding", said Spot's owner, Bob.
If you have any technical questions, I'm here to help until November 7th, so be sure to ask.
Citations:
"I would douse the sun with love if need be, and catch the rain in my branches."
The comma here is a secondary comma to a parenthetical phrase, in which case it is "indefensible" by The Element of Style's standards. To be correct, in the first case, it must be the following:
"I would douse the sun with love, if need be, and I would catch the rain in my branches.
Stylistically, I prefer the parenthetical thought at the end:
"I would douse the sun with love and catch the rain in my branches if need be.".
The following quote misuses a full stop as well as a semicolon: the full stop follows an incomplete thought, and the semicolon falls into the same trap. Semicolons should only be used to introduce a complete thought to a complete thought, in this application.
"Many meals passed. My meals, anyways; my dear friend rarely stopped to eat. "
Possessive apostrophes are used after EVERY word that shows possession except the pronouns (my, his, her, ours, its, etc.) Apostrophes are usually used only in this context. The only other acceptable use of an apostrophe is to indicate that a contraction is being employed.
Examples:
His dog was named Spot.
Spot's tail was wagging.
Its fur was shedding all over the place.
"He's shedding", said Spot's owner, Bob.
If you have any technical questions, I'm here to help until November 7th, so be sure to ask.
Citations:
"I would douse the sun with love if need be, and catch the rain in my branches."
The comma here is a secondary comma to a parenthetical phrase, in which case it is "indefensible" by The Element of Style's standards. To be correct, in the first case, it must be the following:
"I would douse the sun with love, if need be, and I would catch the rain in my branches.
Stylistically, I prefer the parenthetical thought at the end:
"I would douse the sun with love and catch the rain in my branches if need be.".
The following quote misuses a full stop as well as a semicolon: the full stop follows an incomplete thought, and the semicolon falls into the same trap. Semicolons should only be used to introduce a complete thought to a complete thought, in this application.
"Many meals passed. My meals, anyways; my dear friend rarely stopped to eat. "
01-Nov-2010 00:02:03 - Last edited on 01-Nov-2010 00:09:41 by Yrolg
Synergy is the act of producing something worth more than the effort put into it. The story didn't have that sort of theme, so the title shouldn't reflect it. I would have preferred a more informative title such as "The Riddler Fox" or "An Answer Yet Hidden". "Synergy" is primarily not catchy and secondarily not relevant, in my opinion.
Something you'll notice about my omnibus is that a lot of the stories are the same. Most of them focus on some macabre or melancholy theme and don't end happily. What makes it less repetitive, however, is that I separate them. I used to have a twenty post short story between page one and page two of the short stories; pages two and three were separated by poetry. For the most part, people are stupid (myself included): all you need to do is give us a short intermission and we'll forget the format you gave us prior to it. This is why a lot of series begin with a recap of what happened "last time". This doesn't give you license to put infinite amounts of this format up there, but it does provide a little recess from the repetition.
Happy Hallowe'en indeed. Hopefully this help is more a treat than a trick.
Something you'll notice about my omnibus is that a lot of the stories are the same. Most of them focus on some macabre or melancholy theme and don't end happily. What makes it less repetitive, however, is that I separate them. I used to have a twenty post short story between page one and page two of the short stories; pages two and three were separated by poetry. For the most part, people are stupid (myself included): all you need to do is give us a short intermission and we'll forget the format you gave us prior to it. This is why a lot of series begin with a recap of what happened "last time". This doesn't give you license to put infinite amounts of this format up there, but it does provide a little recess from the repetition.
Happy Hallowe'en indeed. Hopefully this help is more a treat than a trick.
01-Nov-2010 00:11:58 - Last edited on 01-Nov-2010 00:15:52 by Yrolg
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