Homework Help: English

Posted by Becca on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 11:38am.

Is this a correct use of a semi-colen?:

"However Petra was taken over in 100 CE by the Romans, and was still occupied during the Byzantine period; but it soon became not as much of an importance after that, besides being used as a fort for the Crusaders in the 12th century. "

English - Writeacher, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 11:43am
Not really.

If you want to use a semicolon in that place, then delete the word "but." You also need to add a comma after the word "However."
English ... and ... - Writeacher, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 11:44am
... you also need to delete the comma after "Romans."

If you need websites to help you with these marks of punctuation, let me know.
English - Becca, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 12:06pm
It's all right, the way I changed the paragraph nullified the use of a semi-colon anyways :)

Thanks!
English - Writeacher, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 12:09pm
You're welcome. Yours was a good question! Semicolon use is not always crystal clear!!

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