NCO Primary Leadership Subjects
The Semicolon, Continued
Check your sentences with these:
Practice
solutions
1.
a.
Please close the window; the room is cold.
b.
Lieutenant Collins had not completed his homework; consequently, he
failed the test
c.
The report is not ready today; it may be completed by Friday.
d.
The allotment has been transferred to the Production Division; hence,
construction of the partitions must be delayed.
2.
a
Colonel Williams is interested in purchasing a new car; however, he
thinks the prices are too high.
b.
When the game started, Private Rahe, who had been a great success the
week before, was not on the floor; and all of the spectators wondered
what had happened to him.
c.
When the scorpion stung the man, he felt a sharp pain in his foot; but
since there was no swelling, he thought that he had not been injured.
d
Robert M. Roman, chairman of the union, will travel through most of
southern Europe; through all of the Near East; and, in case there is time,
along the northern, western, and southern coasts of Africa.
e.
If you want your writing to be worthwhile, give it unity; if you want it to
be easy to read, give it coherence; and, if you want it to be interesting,
give it emphasis.
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Writing Mechanics and Composition
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