AboutRosemary Lenc Expertise I am a retired Middle School teacher. I am an expert in grammar (structure of the English
language) and writing. I have been a volunteer with AOL Ask A Teacher and have
submitted many articles and special collections (one on diagramming sentences and one
with worksheets and answers so students can check their own practice on grammar skills)
to their knowledge database. I still am with them but would like other work where I can
help students with their English study. I have time to help you with this, if you want me. I
can help with grade school, middle school and high school grammar & writing and can
also look up information on literature (reading) for students and help them with it.
Please let me know if I can be of help in these areas. Thank you.
Rosemary Lenc
Experience
Past/Present clients Have helped many, many students in grade school language arts, middle school and high
school grammar and writing in both the chat rooms (live help that AOL use to have) and
message board answers plus the many students i have taught as a teacher.
Question In which of the following sentence is a semicolon used correclty? A. Joe watered the garden and; the plants did not frow. B. Jow watered the garden; However, the plants did not grow. C. Jow watered the garden but the plants: did not grow. D. Joe watered: the garden yet the plants did not grow.
Answer Dear Lori,
A semicolon is used in the following way:
1. Use a semicolon (;) in place of a conjunction in a compound sentence, if the independent clauses are closely related.
I practiced for three hours; now I am ready.
So none of the ones above are correct the way you have them typed below.
"In which of the following sentence is a semicolon used correclty? A. Joe watered the garden and; the plants did not frow. B. Jow watered the garden; However, the plants did not grow. C. Jow watered the garden but the plants: did not grow. D. Joe watered: the garden yet the plants did not grow."
Letter B. would be correct if you did not capitalize the "H" in However...
Letter A would be correct if you did not have the conjunction "and" there. A semicolon takes the place of the conjunction.
C. is incorrect because you don't place a semicolon between the subject and the verb of the independent clause: "the plants did not grow.
D. is incorrect because one does not place a semicolon between the verb and the direct object of the verb, garden.
So check to see if you copied A or B incorrectly. If you did not copy them incorrectly, then none of the sentences are using the semicolon correctly.
