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minus-square@tegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoShould that semicolon be there if the word ‘only’ serves to link the clauses?
minus-square@BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilink2•4 months agoOnly isn’t a preposition, it’s an adverb. It’s modifying the ‘is.’
minus-squaremechoman444linkfedilink2•4 months agoHe could have used the word “but” BUT, my English teacher always told me never to use it. So a semicolon it is.
Should that semicolon be there if the word ‘only’ serves to link the clauses?
Only isn’t a preposition, it’s an adverb. It’s modifying the ‘is.’
He could have used the word “but” BUT, my English teacher always told me never to use it. So a semicolon it is.