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Semicolon and Possesive Form

by mmslf75 » Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:54 pm
Are these forms acceptable :?

Semiclon usage
.......... ; because ........
.......... ; between........
.......... ; from ........
.......... ; instead ........
.......... ; therefore........


Possesive form for non living entities

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by Testluv » Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:29 am
mmslf75 wrote:Are these forms acceptable :?

Semiclon usage
.......... ; because ........
.......... ; between........
.......... ; from ........
.......... ; instead ........
.......... ; therefore........


Possesive form for non living entities

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For your first question, yes those forms CAN be acceptable. On each side of the semicolon there has to be a complete sentence. But these two complete sentences can borrow or lend meaning from each other.

So for example:

"One should not lend money to friends; it is unwise to do that."

can be written as two sentences:

"One should not lend money to friends. It is unwise to do that."

But note that if the second sentence came by itself:

"It is unwise to do that."

it is incomplete. It is incomplete not for grammatical reasons but rather because it would fail to convey a complete thought. It fails to convey a complete thought because we don't know what "that" is referring to. In order to figure out what "that" is referring to, we need the first sentence to be sitting in front of it; the second sentence depends on the first for meaning but not for grammatical reasons.

This logic applies to the specific constructions you are asking about.

For example while explaining a question, I might write:

"Choice A brings up X, which is irrelevant; therefore, choice A is incorrect."

And that sentence is fine for the reasons I discussed.

Now, for your second question, if you're asking me what should go into the underlining, then it should be its.
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by mmslf75 » Fri Dec 25, 2009 6:15 am
Testluv wrote:
mmslf75 wrote:Are these forms acceptable :?

Semiclon usage
.......... ; because ........
.......... ; between........
.......... ; from ........
.......... ; instead ........
.......... ; therefore........


Possesive form for non living entities

Originally developed by ancient Hawaiians, surfing appeals to people due to the sport's unusual confluence of adrenaline
TL,
Thanks for the explanation

I wasn't clear on my second question.
Query is : Can Non Living Entities take "apostrophe S "

Tom's shirt is dirty -- Acceptable

Dog's tail is crooked - Acceptable

What abt non - living things ?

Can we have

Milkyway's Center ??
Car's Door is white ... sort of sentence on "the GMAT"

For your first question, yes those forms CAN be acceptable. On each side of the semicolon there has to be a complete sentence. But these two complete sentences can borrow or lend meaning from each other.

So for example:

"One should not lend money to friends; it is unwise to do that."

can be written as two sentences:

"One should not lend money to friends. It is unwise to do that."

But note that if the second sentence came by itself:

"It is unwise to do that."

it is incomplete. It is incomplete not for grammatical reasons but rather because it would fail to convey a complete thought. It fails to convey a complete thought because we don't know what "that" is referring to. In order to figure out what "that" is referring to, we need the first sentence to be sitting in front of it; the second sentence depends on the first for meaning but not for grammatical reasons.

This logic applies to the specific constructions you are asking about.

For example while explaining a question, I might write:

"Choice A brings up X, which is irrelevant; therefore, choice A is incorrect."

And that sentence is fine for the reasons I discussed.

Now, for your second question, if you're asking me what should go into the underlining, then it should be its.

Sorry for not being clear in my question..
What I meant was,

Can we have

Car's doors are white - ??Is itvalid.?
Can CAR take apostrohe S
Dog's eyes are red - Acceptable (Living entity)
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by Testluv » Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:08 am
mmslf75 wrote:
Testluv wrote:
mmslf75 wrote:Are these forms acceptable :?

Semiclon usage
.......... ; because ........
.......... ; between........
.......... ; from ........
.......... ; instead ........
.......... ; therefore........


Possesive form for non living entities

Originally developed by ancient Hawaiians, surfing appeals to people due to the sport's unusual confluence of adrenaline
TL,
Thanks for the explanation

I wasn't clear on my second question.
Query is : Can Non Living Entities take "apostrophe S "

Tom's shirt is dirty -- Acceptable

Dog's tail is crooked - Acceptable

What abt non - living things ?

Can we have

Milkyway's Center ??
Car's Door is white ... sort of sentence on "the GMAT"

For your first question, yes those forms CAN be acceptable. On each side of the semicolon there has to be a complete sentence. But these two complete sentences can borrow or lend meaning from each other.

So for example:

"One should not lend money to friends; it is unwise to do that."

can be written as two sentences:

"One should not lend money to friends. It is unwise to do that."

But note that if the second sentence came by itself:

"It is unwise to do that."

it is incomplete. It is incomplete not for grammatical reasons but rather because it would fail to convey a complete thought. It fails to convey a complete thought because we don't know what "that" is referring to. In order to figure out what "that" is referring to, we need the first sentence to be sitting in front of it; the second sentence depends on the first for meaning but not for grammatical reasons.

This logic applies to the specific constructions you are asking about.

For example while explaining a question, I might write:

"Choice A brings up X, which is irrelevant; therefore, choice A is incorrect."

And that sentence is fine for the reasons I discussed.

Now, for your second question, if you're asking me what should go into the underlining, then it should be its.

Sorry for not being clear in my question..
What I meant was,

Can we have

Car's doors are white - ??Is itvalid.?
Can CAR take apostrohe S
Dog's eyes are red - Acceptable (Living entity)
Yes.
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