Why so pensieve?

...: the exclamation point for Gryffindors, the comma for Hufflepuffs, the question mark for Ravenclaw and the semicolon for Slytherins. 02. Passionate . To be really honest, I catch flak for this occasionally: for some ...save the day, but how was Percy to know that? Any rational person - let alone one as rule-abiding as Percy - would be hard-pressed not to have doubts about Harry's sanity. In any...

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this is so much fucking awesome fun

... residence and scholarly component, decidedly different. Semicolon abuse: Check. I already mentioned this ... (That was a properly used semicolon.) Also: this is honestly one of...cut because of this weird-ass rule that mandates only a tiny, ... is wonderfully awful. First, more semicolon misuse. Neither of the two ... from semicolons. You have lost semicolon privileges. Stop. (I'm a ...

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Grammar

..., knowing what a grammar-obsessed person I was, and I had forgotten. I feel so ashamed. Question 2: Having established the proper use of the semicolon, what is people's obsession with it? Why does it occur so often? Question 3: 'Rule of thumb' - where do the hyphens occur, if any?

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Literary Library: Punctuation with Quotation Marks

...I stood up, "You don't understand!" Better: I stood up. "You don't understand!" The easiest rule of thumb for this is to ask yourself, "Is this an independent clause? If I say 'I stood..."peace," and it raged for over a decade. However, if your quote is followed by a colon or semicolon, these always go outside the quotation marks: There are only three things you need to get started writing "...

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Duh.

... scheme for selectors, properties, and opening\closing brackets and semicolons. A style rule will only highlight automatically if the editor can recognize it as such. So if you leave out a semicolon at the end of a declaration or misspell a property or a value, it won't recognize the markup as being a rule -- it won't recognize it as anything, for that matter, beyond just ...

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The Joy Of American English Grammar; (31)

..."I live in St. Louis, Missouri" you'll have broken a punctuation rule, but anyone hearing or reading your sentence will understand where you live. But ... school that these sentences "cannot stand alone," and you may know a rule that says "Never start a sentence with a conjunction." There is a sense ... we come to the most formal group of all, the conjunctions that require a semicolon in front of them.

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The Hits Just Keep Coming

... if he read that. He hadn’t pulled away from her showing this side, and it emboldened her. Rule number 1 - Never encourage them. Someone send these characters to a stalker prevention seminar, plz thanks . ...important NEWTs leve; Potions So important that the last ‘l’ in level has been replaced by a semicolon. was for her and if Snape was planning to make hell out of it, then she would ...

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[fic] The Seventh Rule (PG-13) Hosu

Title: The Seventh Rule Pairings: Hosu (main), Yoosu, Yunjae, Jaesu Rating: PG-13 ...you see? Watch basadone for updates. ;) THE SEVENTH RULE 001. the path is not straight Junsu likes ... him. Yoochun is the exception to the rule, coaxing laughter out of Junsu’s mouth with...’s lips. 006. learn to use a semicolon This is the part where Yunho tries to...

Tags: [the seventh rule] [pairing: hosu] [pairing: yoosu] [pairing: yunjae] [pairing: jaesu] [genre: angst] [fanfic : dbsk]

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Grammar 101: Punctuation, Part 1

...for more on the comma.) A semicolon is used to separate independent clauses..., then, therefore, thus ), use a semicolon to link the clauses. "I like... young woman As with any rule, there are exceptions. An exception to the semicolon rule is when the clauses ... capitalization of words after the semicolon differ, so, as always, refer ...'t really psychic. Red Shirt Rule: Regarding Star Trek , if you ...

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Brigits Flame Post: Literary Library Submisson

... baking soda. One safe general rule with the semicolon: if a period can ... that I went against my own rule and didn't contract several words ... In the case of “-- something”, the semicolon has a sterile, formal feel to .... 4. Creative Period Use : A semicolon can only be used where a...by replacing the period with a semicolon is counterproductive. 5. Using a ...

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