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* must be preceded by an independent clause | * must be preceded by an independent clause | ||
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=== for parenthetical phrases or brackets === | === for parenthetical phrases or brackets === | ||
* functions as parentheses to set aside additional information without interrupting the basic sentence | * functions as parentheses to set aside additional information without interrupting the basic sentence | ||
* see | |||
* | === commas and coordinate or cumulative adjectives === | ||
* an adjective is an essential or restrictive element, thus it is not separated from the noun it modifies by a comma | |||
* however, when there are multiple adjectives acting on the same noun, we sometimes separate them by a comma | |||
* when multiple adjectives are not separated by commas, they are called "cumulative" adjectives | |||
* when multiple adjectives are separated by commas, they are called "coordinate" adjectives | |||
==== cumulative adjectives ==== | |||
* = compound adjectives that modify a noun in a certain succession or cumulation | |||
** ''My big red balloon'' | |||
*** = I have a big balloon that is red | |||
==== coordinate adjectives ==== | |||
* = compound adjectives that modify a noun distinctly from each other | |||
** My big, red balloon | |||
*** = I have a balloon that is both big and red | |||
see: | |||
* [<nowiki/>[[wikipedia:Comma|comma (wiki)]]] | |||
* [[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/comma Comma (suxxex.ac.uk)]] | |||
== semicolon == | |||
* > to do | |||
* example of literary use of a semicolon to separate combine distinct clauses within a single sentence: | |||
The evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not married early) was much increased by his constitution and habits; for having been a valetudinarian all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much older man in ways than in years; and though everywhere beloved for the friendliness of his heart and his amiable temper, his talents could not have recommended him at any time. | |||
from "Emma," by Jane Austen (1815) | |||