semicolons help.......
Posted By: many ways actually ....sm on 2007-02-11
In Reply to: sentence structure help - lola
Subject: semicolons help.......
He does not check his blood sugar ,and he admits that he has not been dieting or exercising quote unquote he is simply too busy. Any opinions on how to transcribe this one. Not a verbatim account.
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I would type it.......
admits that he has not been dieting or exercising; he *is simply too busy*. (stars are quote marks, IF dictator wants it quoted).
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...semicolons or caps. nm
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Commas or semicolons?
Subject: Commas or semicolons?
When doing a long list of medications, is it still not proper to use commas in between? I had a QA mark me down because I did not use semicolons.
What does everyone else do these days? Thanks.
I generally use semicolons because something like
Subject: I generally use semicolons because something like
every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday or MED 50 mg, one p.o. b.i.d. would mandate semicolons, and it's easier to use them to start with than go back and change them. I was taught to use semicolons; if you use comma you need to add the "and" at the end. This is very old school from the 1970s, though.
That is fine, or use semicolons.
Subject: That is fine, or use semicolons.
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Shouldn't there perhaps be semicolons at the ends of each sentence? sm
Subject: Shouldn't there perhaps be semicolons at the ends of each sentence? sm
Or is it a matter of preference? I was taught that you put semicolons between numbered lists that are "horizontal" as opposed to "vertical."
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