Getting to grips with...
Punctuation
Look at these sentences and decide whether it is best to put a comma, a semi-colon or nothing in the space marked
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. Remember that semi-colons are used with lists and where the sentence has two different parts joined by the same idea.
The days were now dark and cold
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winter had begun.
For the last few days we have had nothing
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but rain, rain, rain.
For breakfast he had eggs and ham
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for lunch he ate a light salad.
Taking the book
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he opened it carefully to page 112.
Arriving well before the others
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he settled down to wait.
The bank robber forgot two important items
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his mask and his gun.
You don't have to stay
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if you don't want to.
Believe those who seek the truth
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doubt those who say they've found it.
Take everything you need for the trip
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toothbrush, rucksack and clean clothes.
Wait as long as you can
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I'll be there as soon as possible.
Two wrongs
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don't make a right.
Two things are inevitable
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death and taxes.
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