Semicolons must combine similar elements and are either used to combine complete sentences or items in a long, complicated list. Use semicolons in the following situations: Combine two complete ...

When combining two complete sentences with a conjunction ("and," "but," "or," "for," or "yet"), precede the conjunction with a comma. Example: Still, the sun is slowly getting brighter and hotter, and ...

An independent clause is basically a complete sentence; it can stand on its own and make sense. An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a ...

Man in striped blue shirt and glasses: A sentence should open, introduce a subject, deal with that subject and then come to a conclusion. Man in blue jumper and hat: Start, middle and end.

A run‐on sentence is two or more independent clauses joined together with insufficient punctuation. This means that there are two or more complete sentences fused into one sentence. Use a colon: a ...

To help teachers and parents during school closures, we have created free packs of worksheets that children can complete at home with help from a grown-up. The packs contain science, English and maths ...

A colon is used to give emphasis, present dialogue, introduce lists or text, and clarify composition titles. Emphasis—Capitalize the first word after the colon only if it is a proper noun or the start ...

Sentence fragments often help to emphasise a point, create drama or show surprise, but they are not complete sentences: 'She looked as carefully as she could, but found nothing. Absolutely nothing.' ...

“He never completed a sentence,” said Liberties Journal President Bill Reichblum, who was in attendance. “He would start to talk about something, jump somewhere else. He told the same ...

Then I had a quick, professional and easy-going buying experience at Complete Automotive with Josh. I would recommend to others and use them again in the future. The owner, Brian was quick to ...

Although the Script language in Bitcoin transactions is not Turing Complete (NTC), Ethereum's Solidity programming language is Turing Complete (TC). The Taproot upgrade of Bitcoin in November 2021 ...

CNN commentator, and PBS NewsHour special correspondent wrote, “My job is to analyze policy. I can’t even find a complete ...