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From: "Sean Brierley" <seanb_us -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: October 23, 2003 02:17 PM
Subject: semi-colon Re: en dash
>
> While we're at it, and acknowledging that one might
> substitute space-endash-space for an emdash, shouldn't
> the clause that follows a ;semi colon; be a complete
> sentence? Or, is that sort of depending on your style
> guide, too?
>
Yes, it should be an *independent clause.* Technically, if it were a "complete
sentence" it would be begun with a capital letter and ended with a period.
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