Semi-colons

Semi-colons

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Look at the sentence below. What is wrong with the punctuation.

For the exams children need to bring three sharpened pencils; four blue pens; three pieces of erasers and a packet of colour pencils.

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Add semicolons to the sentence below:

I need the following items for my cake: a cup of whole grain flour six cubes of frozen butter three cups of fresh milk and a quarter cup of sugar.

They also need to be related.

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Use a semi-colon to join these two sentences:

Jones loves Manchester United. Yaw hates them.

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Semi-colons have been used in the sentence below.

Determine the problem in the sentence.

Maltiti slept late last night; It is a beautiful day today.

Maltiti slept late last night; It is a beautiful day today.

Evene thoough the two clauses are independednt, they are not related.