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minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoShould that semicolon be there if the word ‘only’ serves to link the clauses?
minus-squaremechoman444@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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.’