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minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoShould that semicolon be there if the word ‘only’ serves to link the clauses?
minus-squaremechoman444@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoHe could have used the word “but” BUT, my English teacher always told me never to use it. So a semicolon it is.
minus-squareBalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoOnly isn’t a preposition, it’s an adverb. It’s modifying the ‘is.’
Should that semicolon be there if the word ‘only’ serves to link the clauses?
He could have used the word “but” BUT, my English teacher always told me never to use it. So a semicolon it is.
Only isn’t a preposition, it’s an adverb. It’s modifying the ‘is.’