A complete guide to English language

**thewizeard** · 06-01-2007, 07:41 AM

Also and more important..Skweeky lives in Scotland.. I rest my case

**Rip The Jacker** · 06-01-2007, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by Snee

Thank's, that halp's.

**Skweeky** · 06-01-2007, 09:34 AM

mmmmm

Nigel is English, but lives in the Netherlands.

My historical heritage tells me I should hate him

**thewizeard** · 06-01-2007, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by Skweeky

mmmmm

Nigel is English, but lives in the Netherlands.

My historical heritage tells me I should hate him

Unless your "historical heritage" resides in your brain, however like me I am afraid it probably resides in your heart, which makes us vulnerable..

Anway the best beer in the world is brewed in Belgium..if that makes you feel any better and not to mention Bon Bons..

Oh and while we are still communicating...dont ride the Broncho..

**Skweeky** · 06-01-2007, 09:18 PM

I keep my historical heritage in a box under my bed. It gets too rowdy otherwise

**thewizeard** · 06-03-2007, 08:09 AM

Skweeky, there is more to this thread than the Scottish rule for annoying Skweeky; ie. the inappropriate use of an apostrophe. Truth be told, hubby knew you would notice that particular one, and probably used crayon to add one just before you noticed it.. Just a bit of good clean fun, call it foreplay.
So how about adding some more "completer" rules..You know, we all need it. Perhaps the method of choosing between using a semi-colon and a colon to begin with.
I always find colons distasteful and sometimes smelly too. Which makes the correct choice, difficult.

**Skweeky** · 06-03-2007, 01:49 PM

It's too hard to explain; semi-colons are an emotional thing.

If you don't understand, stay away from them.

It would be like trying to drive a TVR Tuscan Speed 12 at 150mph without knowing how to drive.

Fact

**Sextent** · 06-03-2007, 02:06 PM

The Semicolon

The semicolon is somewhere between a weak full stop and a strong comma and used to join phrases and sentences without having to use a conjunction (and, but etc.) where the phrases or sentences are thematically linked but independent.

Look at this example.

* Many great leaders; Churchill, leader of Britain during the Second World War; Alexander, the great Roman Emperor and general; and Napolean, the brilliant French general, had great strengths of character which were useful when their countries were at war but also great weaknesses which did not serve them so well in times of peace.

Notice how the semicolon works with the comma to enclose the connected phrases while the whole forms one logical sentence.