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>Check this one out. Would you use a comma instead?
> Atlas Inc. consist of a scientific team; combining thier experience
>and education to provide you with the highest quality products.
>One of my books says a comma, the other book says a smicolon.
>thanks for your help,
>Timothy Schablin
i would *definitely* use a comma. More importantly, though, i would change
"consist" to read "consists". Also, since "their" immediately follows
"team",
it ought to be changed to "its".
Therefore: "Atlas Inc. consists of a scientific team, combining its
experience
and education to provide you with the highest quality products."
i have other problems with this sentence, including the question of whether a
"team" can "combine" its experience, as the idea of combining appears to
indicate
multiple inputs, while a team is a singular entity.
Nathan_Harms -at- enabel -dot- ccinet -dot- ab -dot- ca
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