Tham khảo tài liệu 'mastering machanics 2', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 88 Part II Mastering Mechanics p The reasons why I hate the summer are sweat sweat and sweat. The items in this list are single words not phrases containing commas. Semicolons therefore aren t needed to separate the items in the list. Commas do the job. q They say global warming is a myth. I bought two watermelons today. A semicolon can t join two unrelated ideas. These random thoughts Fran always talks this way shouldn t be linked by a semicolon. Apart from punctuation throwing two unrelated ideas together isn t a good idea. The reader should have a logical thread to follow between one sentence and another. r correct. Surprised This list contains one item Ross Alaska that includes a comma. If the three places were separated only by commas the reader would not be sure whether Ross and Alaska were two items or one. The semicolon tells the reader where one item ends and another begins. s I will turn on the weather report but I am sure that it will be sunny and mild. The word but joins these two sentences so you don t need a semicolon too. Change it to a comma. A comma precedes and but or nor and similar words when they connect two complete sentences. t My saltshaker will run freely again. I may buy a winter coat. The semicolon implies a relationship between the things it links. You can argue that the two halves of this sentence show what Fran wants out of the cold front but if the relationship isn t immediately clear to the reader add some words or make two separate sentences. Better yet add one or more sentences that join the two ideas in a logical way. u Of course winter coats are now on sale the fact that winter doesn t arrive for three more months is irrelevant. These two complete thoughts both relate to the maddening habit of selling out-of-season merchandise. Because both statements are complete thoughts a semicolon joins them legally. v Stores like to sell merchandise in advance shoppers prefer to buy
