I need a simile

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tizzo

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Where I have issues are seperating a sentence fragment from the rest of the sentence.
For example an easy one would be...
My father makes wine comma which is his favorite drink.
Easy cause I can easily see that "which is his favorite drink is not complete therefore it's seperated by a comma.
a hard one to me would be...
My mother carpools her friends to work because they do not have cars.
Is there a comma before because or not?
And don't even get me started with semicolons.
 
monalisa

monalisa

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Originally Posted by Tizzo
Where I have issues are seperating a sentence fragment from the rest of the sentence.
For example an easy one would be...
My father makes wine comma which is his favorite drink.
Easy cause I can easily see that "which is his favorite drink is not complete therefore it's seperated by a comma.
a hard one to me would be...
My mother carpools her friends to work because they do not have cars.
Is there a comma before because or not?
And don't even get me started with semicolons.
I don't really know much about the correct usage of colons ('cept my own ) or semi colons.
But it is true that the first sentence that you posted about your father and wine would definitely require a comma to separate the two thoughts.
I wouldn't use any punctuation in the sentence regarding your mother carpooling (not really a correct verb...but always used).
Lisa
 
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tizzo

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Originally Posted by MonaLisa
I don't really know much about the correct usage of colons ('cept my own ) or semi colons.
But it is true that the first sentence that you posted about your father and wine would definitely require a comma to separate the two thoughts.
I wouldn't use any punctuation in the sentence regarding your mother carpooling (not really a correct verb...but always used).
Lisa
I guess, looking at the sentence now the word "because" sorta serves as a comma BECAUSE if I took it out of the sentence, then it would be replaced with a comma.
My mother carpools her friends to work, they do not have cars.
A semi colon, joins two full sentences.
I ran down the hall; he was being carted off quickly.
or something like that. You can't use a comma cause neither is a fragment, and you don't want them each to be stand alone sentences either. Those work like that. I almost never use them.
 
scotts

scotts

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The walls were as white as the piece of paper that I printed out my report on and presented to the V.P. of Operations who would return the report to me with scores of red marks correcting grammer and punctuation while completely ingoring the content and information in the of the report...

I think as long as you are close with punctuation that is good enough.
 
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tizzo

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Originally Posted by Scotts
The walls were as white as the piece of paper that I printed out my report on and presented to the V.P. of Operations who would return the report to me with scores of red marks correcting grammer and punctuation while completely ingoring the content and information in the of the report...

I think as long as you are close with punctuation that is good enough.
Nope, that's not possible. You gotta love this "generation Y" somebody somewhere complained that red marks all over their precious little paper was psychologically damaging, so guess what, since I've been going to college classes, I have yet to see one red pen!! Even the editing guy, the "Proofreader" if you will, not allowed to use red pen.
So Scotts, in conclusion... that's not a good simile
 
ruaround

ruaround

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a comma has way too many uses... a semi colon has only two... to join two complete sentences and to seperate potential sentence confusion... like when writing places you visit... the city is followed by a comma if preceded by a state, but if you were listing just cities you have visited you could use a semi colon to avoid confusion... i.e. i visited boise; protland; seattle and vancover, bc...
 
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tizzo

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Originally Posted by REEFER545
a 20 yr. smoker's teeth.
Then that would be ...as yellow as...
Or as stained as...
As white as wouldn't work. Cept for my mom, that woman has some seriously white teeth! They don't even look real!! And she's a long time smoker...hmmm
The dead body. The same, then it would be as grey as.
Course, is it grey or gray??
All kinds of grammar issues here.
 
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tizzo

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Originally Posted by Nano Reefer
a MAC computer, new pair of AIR Jordans, an albino rabbit, or as white as a bubble coral!
My mac is silver so that wouldn't work.
Albino...I like that adjective though, I am gonna find a place to use that in the next papaer.
White bubble coral, won't work cause your redundant with the color. It has to be something that's normally white withpout alterations...
And the shoes...no.
lol
 
scotts

scotts

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Originally Posted by Tizzo
So Scotts, in conclusion... that's not a good simile
I know it may not be a good simile, but it is true
He and I did not see eye to eye.
This thread, my daughter's homework and Ru's post is reminding me why I like math more than English. The rules are more concrete. I before E except after C except as in neighbor and weigh??????? I mean 6 times 3 is always 18. It does not matter if it is in the top of a fraction or the bottom of a fraction. Can you imagine that, 6 times 3 equals 18 except if it is the denominator of a fraction and 7 is the numerator.
BTW how about as white as the only cloud in the sky on a beautiful spring day?
 
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