--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: <snip> > The sentence 'For since the self is the individuating existence > of a nature, God's presence, which is existence itself, can hold > that self *at its highest quivering stress without absorbing it' > seems to not be punctuated clearly. I would write 'For since the > self is the individuating existence of a nature; God's presence, > which is existence itself, can hold that self *at its highest > quivering stress without absorbing it.' I think that semicolon > makes it less ambiguous.
Just for the record: A semicolon would make it ungrammatical. "For since the self is the individuating existence of a nature" is not a complete sentence and therefore should not be followed by a semicolon. I see no ambiguity or problematic punctuation in the sentence as written, FWIW. Here's a sentence with the same structure: Because she often works late, her husband, who does the cooking, prepares dishes that she can warm up in the oven when she gets home.
