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Re:A few words about that ten-million-dollar serial comma (2... by frosted-flakes on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @05:36PM (#29642951)
The semicolon is often used as a superlist separator, with commas used for the sublists.
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Re:A few words about that ten-million-dollar serial comma (2... by CamperBob2 on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @08:52PM (#29644665)
Yes, that's the point -- it's often used that way, but not "correctly."
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Re:A few words about that ten-million-dollar serial comma (2... by frosted-flakes on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @09:22PM (#29644855)
What's incorrect about it?
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Re:A few words about that ten-million-dollar serial comma (2... by CamperBob2 on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @09:59PM (#29645078)
As I said, at one time it was taught that clauses separated by semicolons should have their own subjects and verbs.
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