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We’ve found an instance where a semicolon would be clarifying: > Yangtze dam separated Paddlefish, largest (fish), from spawn; now extinct.
by Arubis 5y ago
We’ve found an instance where a semicolon would be clarifying:
> Yangtze dam separated Paddlefish, largest (fish), from spawn; now extinct.
- cptskippy 5y agoThat still confusing and seems like something only a machine would produce.
- DubiousPusher 5y agoOr a 19th century novelist.
- cptskippy 5y agoI could see Joyce doing it, and also I could see myself stabbing Joyce with a plastic fork.
- doggodaddo78 5y agoCorrection: a plastic spork.
- chapium 5y agoFwiw, I understood it immediately.
- tommica 5y agoPlease come this way, there is a captcha that we need you to solve...
- kingofpandora 5y agoThat's an incorrect use of a semicolon ... and it doesn't fix the problem in the sentence.