[stylist] Commas and semi-colons

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Lynda,

Thanks for the link; it's really helpful. FYI, noticed I use a
semi-colon, grin!

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
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Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 11:31:24 -0500
From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
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The examples given are very good!
I am posting a website here that gives a really good list of how to use
the 
semicolon in your sentences.  I love to use it when listing closely
related 
items and for joining two independent clauses in a sentence.  When I am
too 
lazy to look it up,  I will often use a period and break it into two 
complete sentences. This gives  the sentence(s)  even more impact at
times. 
These are the things I re-think when  I am working on  successive
drafts. 
The other thing that helps me so much, is to read my work out loud so I
can 
hear the impact of the punctuation. How does it sound?

This site provides good information for writers.

http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Semicolons.html