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Re: Avoid the Semicolon in Tech Writing?

Subject: Re: Avoid the Semicolon in Tech Writing?
From: dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:41:49 -0700

eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com wrote:


If the users will get even partially distracted, doesn't matter if the
writer is correctly using the correct grammar or punctuation. If the
information is not clearly communicated we have failed our
responsibilities.

As Chuck Martin and several others have pointed out, a properly used semicolon in a clearly written sentence will go unnoticed by the reader, because the information in the sentence will be conveyed successfully.

None of us are proposing use of semicolons in cases that would result in ambiguity, so your argument is specious.

--David

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