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DemocratSinceBirth

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14. My Biggest Regret Is That I Didn't Take Junior High And High School English Seriously Enough.

Reply to treestar (Reply #11)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:39 PM

Nov 2012

I get run on sentences and the like but some times I wonder when to use a a comma, a semi colon, et cetera. I assume the comma is to separates two independent clauses but what about the semi colon.

All of the prior inattention bit me in the ass when I took a graduate course in History. Poli Sci teachers didn't seem as demanding.

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