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minus-squaretegs_terrylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoShould that semicolon be there if the word ‘only’ serves to link the clauses?
minus-squaremechoman444@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months 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-up2·6 months 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.’