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***"Take this idea, for example." | ***"Take this idea, for example." | ||
****= "[you] Take this idea, for example." << as a sentence or independent clause | ****= "[you] Take this idea, for example." << as a sentence or independent clause | ||
*practice questions: 886dc9f9, aab74a3b, ce81d0b7 (SC) | |||
== semicolon ; == | == semicolon ; == | ||
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* identify a colon working as a "super comma" by identiying other semicolons in the sentence | * 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.'' | ** ex. ''Years later, the experiment had unexpected results: yielding new antibiotic drugs; uncovering prior laboratory mistakes; identifying new microorganisms.'' | ||
*Practice questions: | |||
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**super comma: aaa1907f, be37d4ae, aaa1907f | |||
**semicolons & conjunctive adverbs: 1ee4485c, be37d4ae, 78b88c04 | |||
**elimination by semicolon and period or CC: ac5536c1, 8f6d6ae, 62120607 | |||
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=== What SEMICOLONS do & how to eliminate using the rule/s: === | === What SEMICOLONS do & how to eliminate using the rule/s: === | ||
<u>semicolons</u>: | <u>semicolons</u>: |