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#106144 - 08/04/08 04:49 PM
Comma or Semi-colon?
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VioletL
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Registered: 07/08/08
Posts: 9
Loc: Lakeland, Florida
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What would be the correct way to punctuate this sentence: Left circumflex gives rise to a marginal and AV groove portion demonstrated an ostial 30% stenosis.
Not sure if to use a comma or a semi-colon after the word 'marginal', and not sure if 'and' or 'an' follows.
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#106151 - 08/04/08 05:08 PM
Re: Comma or Semi-colon?
[Re: VioletL]
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14tonks
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Registered: 10/25/01
Posts: 7170
Loc: Only 3rd world country in US
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Violet, do you know the difference between a dependent and an independent clause? Which kind of clauses do you have here? Independent clauses have to be connected by either a comma followed by a conjunction or by a semicolon if there is no conjunction.
If you cannot identify the grammatical parts of sentences, then you will be forever puzzling over punctuation questions. There are some good online grammar review sites available for a quick brush up. If you need more help than that, then head for your local brick and mortar or online bookstore and pick up an English grammar review book for yourself.
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#107617 - 08/15/08 09:41 AM
Re: Comma or Semi-colon?
[Re: 14tonks]
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wise1
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Registered: 08/15/08
Posts: 7
Loc: Georgia
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I would not spend too much time agonizing over this as it would be your least worry with this sentence. You could just type marginal with a comma after it, delete the word "and" and finish the sentence, or you could end the sentence at "marginal" with a period and type the remaining portion separately. Remember this is a medical report, not a thesis. My advice on this is to look up circumflex arteries and familiarize yourself with the anatomical portions so that you actually have a clearer understanding of your subject matter. Familarize yourself with pictures and words pertaining to lungs, heart, stomach, systems of the body. This is what is really needed here, not agonizing over English grammar.
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