Question

Punctuation and stuff...

1.Which sentence below is properly punctuated?
a.
Bertie was proud of his new title; Vice President in charge of Special Tasks.
b.
Bertie was proud of his new title: Vice President in charge of Special Tasks.
c.
Bertie was proud of his new title Vice President in charge of Special Tasks.

2.Which sentence has the correct use of a semicolon?
a.
Since you asked my opinion; I will tell you and I hope you will listen well.
b.
Carl is tall; his brother is short.
c.
He knocked; several times no one came to the door.

Answer 1

what you guess about the correct one... ?

Answer 2

Do you understand what semi colons and comma's do?

Answer 3

@paki how come you're not a mod?

Answer 4

yeah i know... i am here for help...

Answer 5

Are you going for it?

Answer 6

not really the semi colons im struggling with it im actually amazing a English just not semi colons

Answer 7

yeah

Answer 8

Well first of tell me what you don't understand and I will try my best to make sense of it

Answer 9

Here is the definition. A semi colon is a punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.

Answer 10

so i think the answer is 1.B 2.A

Answer 11

please have a look here...

http://grammar.about.com/od/punctuationandmechanics/a/punctrules.htm

Answer 12

i don't understand the clauses seperating part like two different sentences and instead of making two sentences you use a semi i colon

Answer 13

Well for 2.A is definitely correct but for number one i think you should recheck

Answer 14

so a clause has a subject object and stuff right

Answer 15

A?

Answer 16

That is correct bravo!

Answer 17

But i have to get some math done so ill be back as soon as i finish ok?

Answer 18

okay thank you so much!