is it ok to use the word 'you' in a persuasive essay?
As in:
"Where else do you see desperate ladies act like crazed maniacs for a sad 15 minutes of fame, or as they’d like you to believe the love of.."
yes sounds good so far
thanks halida. =) could you also tell me if this:
"This show is the epitome of trash TV, a blunt rejection of good taste and decency."
is a balanced sentence? (have two principle clauses). could i use a semicolon in place of the comma?
Your comma is the correct punctuation.
Your sentence is balanced, but you only have one clause. Since your sentence has only one verb (is), it only has one clause. The last part (a blunt rejection of good taste and decency) is an object complement, modifying "epitome."
To determine if a sentence is balanced, we need to check if it has two or more independent clauses. In your sentence, "This show is the epitome of trash TV" is the only independent clause. The phrase "a blunt rejection of good taste and decency" is not an independent clause because it does not have its own subject and verb. It functions as an object complement.
In terms of punctuation, using a comma in this sentence is appropriate because the phrase that follows (a blunt rejection of good taste and decency) is a dependent phrase that provides additional information about the subject (the show).
Therefore, there is no need to use a semicolon in this case since it would separate two parts that are not independent clauses. The use of a comma is grammatically correct.