Is it ever okay to use a semicolon before and?
It's in the novel I'm reading for class, and I want to know if the writing is outdated or there are more rules to semicolons.

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Is it ever okay to use a semicolon before and?
It's in the novel I'm reading for class, and I want to know if the writing is outdated or there are more rules to semicolons.

anonymous · Answer

I think it is okay in some cases, it just depends on the sentence really.

anonymous · Answer

Okay do you know the rules for that?

anonymous · Answer

The ball was thrown to me; I threw it back. I believe that the semicolon is to REPLACE if, and, and but.

anonymous · Answer

Taken from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: I dreaded to behold this monster; but I feared still more that Henry should see him. (Volume I Chapter V)

Why was this okay or is this writing just out dated?

anonymous · Answer

That was because language back then isn't like it is now. You know how we make fun of Shakespeare? Well, that was the basic language of that time.

anonymous · Answer

Oh okay, thank you :)

anonymous · Answer

np! anytime!