My mother-in-law asked me proof-read a writing assignment for her English class. She claims that writing isn't her thing, but what she sent me was good stuff. She has a writing gene in there somewhere.
I decided to investigate semicolon usage, of which I haven't been as sure, and brush up on my comma usage.
Semicolons have four main functions, and
commas have many.
I'm glad I learned a thing or two about semicolons, and I chuckled when I read this sentence about commas: "Some essays look as though the student loaded a shotgun with commas and blasted away." According to that person, commas are highly overused.
1 comment:
So many unnecessary commas! They are everywhere. You should read the book "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" by Lynne Truss. It's about punctuation, but it's surprisingly entertaining.
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