Originally posted by XanthosNZI'm not the most brilliant grammar student, but commas seem possible in place of the semi-colons, it would look strange though.
Henry's mother believes three things: that every situation, no matter how grim, will be happily resolved; that no one knows more about human nature than she; and that Henry, who is thirty-five years old, will never be able to do his own laundry.
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Originally posted by cmsMasterYou could do it by breaking it into separate sentences.
Hm, there's still got to be a way to avoid the semi-colons. In any case, they still suck.
“Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite herm-aphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.” K. Vonnegut
Originally posted by Red NightAh yes! That's the quote! Nice find. And I know you can do it by breaking the sentence up, I mean there must be a way to avoid using them by filling it in with commas, colons, or the like. This may, of course, be untrue.
You could do it by breaking it into separate sentences.
“Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite herm-aphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.” K. Vonnegut
Originally posted by cmsMasterThanks.
Ah yes! That's the quote! Nice find. And I know you can do it by breaking the sentence up, I mean there must be a way to avoid using them by filling it in with commas, colons, or the like. This may, of course, be untrue.
I don't think so. I think if you're going to try to put all of that into one sentence, you will need to use semicolons.