A few days ago
Is this the correct use of a semi colon?
Fireworks should be legalized for those reasons; for entertainment, hefty profits for legal distributors, and increased safety for those that currently use fireworks regardless of the law.
I’m not sure exactly if that works, and there are three sentences prior to this.
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A few days ago
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No. You need a colon after “reasons”, NOT a semi-colon. A semi-colon is used to break up a long, two-part sentence with a common subject.
A semi-colon is supposed to work like a comma, to slow you down, but also to break a sentence into parts, without using too many “ands”.
“Fireworks should be legalized for these reasons: For entertaintainment; hefty profits for legal distributors; and increased safety for those that currently use fireworks regardless of the law.”
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A few days ago
Never really understood the difference between a colon and a semi-colon.
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A few days ago
i would change the semi colon to a colon because you are lisiting things. also, those should be these.
good luck!
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A few days ago
yeah thats correct. except i’m pretty sure “those” should be these.
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