RE: RAT Famous Playwrights, Mostly Dead

["Sylvain, John" <jsylvain@station.sony.com>]

I have no; idea; when it is appropriate; to use semi;colons. That;s why I
wanted to discuss; it.

wee wet mouth.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	William Houts [SMTP:houts.w@ghc.org]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 20, 2000 7:28 AM
> To:	rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
> Subject:	RE: RAT Famous Playwrights, Mostly Dead
> 
> 
> >ANOTHER POSSIBLE TOPIC:
> >"The correct use of semi-colons."
> 
> 
> 
> What IS the correct use of semicolons, John?  According to certain Grammar
> Mavens, we don't employ semicolons enough.  I, on the other hand, use
> semicolons whenever I can.  It's mostly a feeling thing, but I think I'm
> using them correctly.  Typically, it seems that semicolons are appropriate
> when the two clauses could be rendered as independent sentences, but the
> writer wishes to show a special relationship between the two ideas.
> 
> Have I got it rightr?
> 
> Oh, and I LOVED NIGHTCOIL.  There's that speech where he talks about the
> little man with the "wee wet mouth" that still gives me the willies, eight
> years after seeing the Annex production. Dave Natalie was great in that
> play and I am going to have his babies.
> 
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