................LAMENT..........
I went for a drink and they'd closed down the bar
I want to go dogging but I haven't got a car
and the landlord's onto me, giving me grief
and I can't find a dentist and i'm running out of teeth.
DzM wrote:You've made a fine effort, but sadly a misguided one.Noonan McKane wrote:Let me try.
A word immediately following a semi-colon should start with a capital letter.
Oh yeah! See what you mean......
A semi-colon has no rule regarding punctuating the first word following it. A colon does, but only for specific situations:<blockquote><blockquote type=cite>Capitalize the first word after a colon if it is a proper noun or the start of a whole sentence.</blockquote></blockquote>
Information about both abound, but I found these two sources to be helpful:
http://essaypapers.reviews/
http://essayinfo.com/sguides/semi-colon.php
old barney greyheron wrote:................LAMENT..........
I went for a drink and they'd closed down the bar
I want to go dogging but I haven't got a car
and the landlord's onto me, giving me grief
and I can't find a dentist and i'm running out of teeth.
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