On Thursday 15 September 2005 05:55 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > My tenth grade english teacher taught it like this: > > "If you can't replace the semicolon with a period and make two coherent > and complete sentences, then it doesn't belong." > > Best grammar advice I ever received. >
It can also be used to separate elements in a list which themselves contain commas yet are not complete sentences. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]