English Grammar 101 - Lesson 5-32

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English Grammar 101

S	emicolon: Separating Items in a Series Lesson 5-32

Comments:
Prompt:	Use a semicolon to separate items in a series if some of the items already contain commas and more commas would create confusion: "Attending the meeting were President Sally Jones; Secretary Wilma Mays; and our most outstanding student, Jane Smith." When the individual items in a series are long or possibly a sentence themselves, they are usually separated by semicolons: "Among the committee's recommendations were: increase the school day by sixty minutes for all junior high school and high school students; do away with all school holidays other than national holidays for all grades to include kindergarten classes; require teachers to spend every other weekend at school if all their students do not have passing grades."
Directions:	Each sentence below contains a series of items (some containing commas) that can be correctly separated by a semicolon. Insert a semicolon in each sentence by clicking between the words where you desire a semicolon to be.

	1.	Officers ; elected ; for ; this ; coming ; year ; are: ; president, ; Ann ; Meyers ; vice-president, ; Maria ; Garcia ; secretary, ; Tasha ; Bartlet ; and ; treasurer, ; Lisa ; Gibbons.
	2.	Take ; the ; following ; three ; items ; on ; the ; trip: ; a ; backpack ; sturdy ; hiking ; shoes ; and ; shaving ; gear ; to ; include ; a ; razor, ; tooth ; brush, ; and ; toothpaste.
	3.	Opening ; her ; travel ; bag, ; she ; inserted ; her ; pack ; her ; hiking ; shoes ; and ; her ; cosmetic ; bag ; containing ; a ; tooth ; brush, ; toothpaste, ; and ; perfume.
	4.	There ; is ; a ; big ; difference ; between ; them: ; he ; is ; cross ; and ; irritable ; she ; is ; easy ; to ; get ; along ; with.
	5.	The ; committee ; included ; Garcia, ; the ; treasurer ; Ibarra, ; the ; supervisor ; and ; Jimenez, ; the ; production ; specialist.
	6.	The ; sale ; representatives ; territory ; included ; Cheyenne, ; Wyoming ; Denver, ; Colorado ; and ; Taos, ; New ; Mexico.
	7.	The ; birth ; dates ; of ; those ; present ; were: ; January ; 23, ; 1936 ; May ; 30, ; 1990 ; July ; 14, ; 1995 ; and ; March ; 10, ; 1970.
	8.	Destinations ; on ; our ; trip ; include ; Tucson, ; Arizona ; Salt ; Lake ; City, ; Utah ; Carson, ; Nevada ; and ; Santa ; Fe, ; New ; Mexico.
	9.	The ; semicolon ; is ; considered ; a ; super ; comma ; however, ; the ; semicolon ; is ; also ; thought ; of ; as ; a ; weak ; period.
	10.	Among ; other ; cities, ; English ; Grammar ; 101 ; is ; studied ; in ; London, ; England ; Paris, ; France ; Mexico ; City, ; Mexico ; and ; Laguna ; Hills, ; California.