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<span style="margin-left:15px";>2. act as a "'''super comma'''"</span> | <span style="margin-left:15px";>2. act as a "'''super comma'''"</span> | ||
* <span style="margin-left:15px" ;>a semicolon may also be used -- uncommonly -- as a "super comma" in order to emphasize separate elements in a list of common examples, usually following a colon | * <span style="margin-left:15px" ;>a semicolon may also be used -- uncommonly -- as a "super comma" in order to emphasize separate elements in a list of common examples, usually following a colon</span> | ||
* identify a colon working as a "super comma" by identiying other semicolons in the sentence | |||
** ex. ''Years later, the experiment had unexpected results: yielding new antibiotic drugs; uncovering prior laboratory mistakes; identifying new microorganisms.'' | |||
=== What SEMICOLONS do & how to eliminate using the rule/s: === | === What SEMICOLONS do & how to eliminate using the rule/s: === | ||
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== Comma , == | == Comma , == | ||
* commas create | * commas create a pause | ||
** thereby we employ commas to distinguish -- but not separate -- grammatical parts or ideas | |||
* so instead of separating, as a period or a semicolon, commas combine those distinct sentence parts | |||
* commas do '''FIVE''' things: | * commas do '''FIVE''' things: | ||
<u>commas</u>: | <u>commas</u>: | ||
#combine IC, DC, or DC, IC | #combine IC, DC, or DC, IC | ||
#*or IC, Phr or Phr, IC | #*or IC, Phr or Phr, IC | ||
#** | #**''He ate fast, which upset his stomach'' = IC, DC | ||
#** | #**''After eating too fast, his stomach was upset'' = Phr, IC | ||
#***= prepositional phrase, independent clause | #***= prepositional phrase, independent clause | ||
#**''Eating too fast, he upset his stomach ='' Phr, IC | |||
#***= participle phrase* + IC | |||
#combine ICs | #combine ICs | ||
#*''but only with a coordinating conjunction'' (FANBOYS), i.e., IC, and IC | #*''but only with a coordinating conjunction'' (FANBOYS), i.e., IC, and IC | ||