Tuesday 7 September 2010

The semi-colon

Use a semi-colon

to link two separate sentences that are closely related

The children came home today; they had been away for a week.
I only ate one cake for tea; I wish I'd eaten two. 




http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/department/docs/punctuation/node17.html

http://correctpunctuation.explicatus.info/punctuation-colon.htm

http://www.gcse.com/english/semicolon_use.htm

Each member of 11 AA must post two sentences on this blog that show that they can use a semi-colon correctly.

A random sample of them will be put into a search engine to see if you nicked them off a site.

Feel free to comment on each other's work...nicely.

31 comments:

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  2. Josh...

    He booted the ball; it didn't go far.
    He felt embarrassed; his face was red.

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  4. i really dont like her; not one bit.
    i cant be botherd; not at all.

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  5. Kristian here.

    The fist flew through the air; it hit him like a truck.

    She threw her frisbee; the dog was soon in hot pursuit.

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  6. He fell onto the ground; you could see the embarrasment on his face.

    My friend didn't like Chuck Norris; he soon paid with his life

    (sorry about this Sir! I had to do it)

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  7. Hi,

    george sat on the coach thinking of a sentence which included a semi colon ; He knew he was going to be sitting there for a while

    He threw the javalin with Confidence ; and was sure he was going to beat his current record

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  8. He wanted three items from the shops; bread, milk and cheese.

    He ran too school, but he was allready late.

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  9. The boy wanted a toy; he got it the next day.

    The little girl lost her doll; but to her suprise it had been under her bed the whole time.

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  10. Bruce thought his cake looked odd; he hadn't followed the recipe

    She ran for the bus; it drove away

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  12. I couldn't find this blog; But now I have.

    I wasn't sure what to write; I picked my pen up anyway.

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  13. Never really appreciated the use of this blog;but I now am in the process of changing my mind.
    If i were American, i would vote Arnold schwarzenegger as my next president; keep it in mind.

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  14. My favorit players are Steven Gerrad,a midfielder; Fernando Torres, a striker; and Pepe Reina, a goal keeper.

    He submitted his English homework on time; pity it was in French!

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  16. Sappenin 11AA English :)

    Mr. Pope is so stupid; he thinks money grows on trees.
    I couldnt find this blog; so i asked Balt.

    HeHeHe

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  17. I couldn't remember my Googlemail password; I had to recover it.

    Peter wasn't pleased when he came home; his pet Cobra had started to eat his armchair.

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  18. -nihad left her homework till last minute;she knew she would get into trouble if she didnt do it.

    -everyones comments are really good;not as good as mine though.
    :D...

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  19. I got confused on how to write on this blog; now I have realised I have to comment.

    I need to dye my hair again; but I realy can't be botherd.

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  20. no one was badly hurt in the accident; one man bumped his head.

    i got SO confused; so i asked nihad for help!
    <3

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  21. i really hate shaunagh bell; shes very annoying

    i didnt no how to use this website; so sean duffy helped me on facebook

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  22. this is wasting my time; at least I can play on my PSP.

    the monkey ate mr popes banana; he didnt feel energetic.

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  23. The cat went to the bowl ; there was nothing there

    It was harrys first day at work ; he didnt like it at all

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  24. I had cheese;it was grated.

    John like chocolate;he ate it to much.

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  25. i never carry an umberella; so it always seems to rain.

    i couldn't make a google account; so made a livejournal instead.

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  26. i thought i had an idea on how to work this blog; I guess not.

    i wanted to make scrambled egg on toast; but unfortunately i have no eggs
    THESE ARE LAURENS, IT WOULDN'T WORK FOR HERR..

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  27. I really dislike Tasha Mckenna; she smells so bad.

    I didn't have a clue how to use this; so i asked for help.

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  28. the girl danced all day; her legs got very tierd

    all this was confusing at first; then everyone elses sentences helped

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  29. get hench or die tryin bruv; as you can see he is'nt dying he is just getting more hench

    bob sapp is the greatest fighter of all time; watch him yourself and find out

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  30. That shop had that expensive jacket i wanted; for £350

    My brother was 5 todayy; but hes still very small

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  31. "I went to the basketball court; I was told it was closed for cleaning."

    "I like to eat fish; however, I don't like to be eaten by them."

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