Punctuation question

nosnivel at netvision.net.il nosnivel at netvision.net.il
Mon Nov 5 03:53:11 MST 2007


I also grew up understanding that the
colon was formal and the comma informal.
But we also had the semicolon in between,
for a friendly, favorable business
relationship.

Still, I would advise staying very 
formal when dealing with your boss's
19-year-old daughter.

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