# I found a little typo / The Grammar Lesson Thread.
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574
**Category:** Unrelated Discussion
**Created:** [March 12, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574 "2014-03-12T16:24:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@mordo613](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mordo613)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/21 "2014-03-14T05:06:51Z")
> [@kclejeune](#):
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> I’m\*
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> You Also Capitalized Every Word In You Sentence
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> Oh And You Forgot A Period
As did you.
Twice.
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### Author:  [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/22 "2014-03-14T14:03:29Z")
> [@nardcopter](#):
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> That’s an apostrophe.
Ahhh Whatever it’s pretty much the same thing 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/23 "2014-03-14T14:18:50Z")
Ah, whatever; it’s pretty much the same thing.
Replace the semicolon with a period and capitalize “it’s” if you prefer.
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### Author:  [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/24 "2014-03-14T14:30:44Z")
> [@GregP](#):
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> Ah, whatever; it’s pretty much the same thing.
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> Replace the semicolon with a period and capitalize “it’s” if you prefer.
LOL
Thanks for the grammar lesson Greg. 😃
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/25 "2014-03-14T15:27:48Z")
Hahah, I was just joining in the ganging up. :wink:
Real grammar lesson, though:
Not sure when to use a semicolon? There are two main ways to use it. The first is to separate a list of phrases in which the phrases themselves may contain commas. For example:
“He had three heroes: Bob, the guy who builds things; Frank, a mighty fixer of fences; Erik, the vicious Viking.”
The second is to join two complete but related thoughts together. The key to understanding this one is recognizing whether the two thoughts could also stand alone as complete sentences. For example:
“He wasn’t the most technically-accomplished thrower; he was the most interesting thrower.”
This could easily be two sentences and still work just fine. As another example of the same structure, the semicolon is commonly found in conjunction with the word “however”; however, when used this way the word “however” must be preceded by the semicolon and followed by a comma.
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### Author:  [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/26 "2014-03-14T15:57:38Z")
^ Yea I knew you were just joining in on the fun
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### Author:  [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/27 "2014-03-14T17:17:43Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#):
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> I capitalized every word in the sentence because I was making a very important statement. \<----------
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> See I remembered the period that time
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> I’m becoming an expert on grammar now LOL
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> ^ ohhh I even remembered the coma
But not this time.
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### Author:  [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/28 "2014-03-14T18:14:34Z")
> [@Zorro](#):
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> But not this time.
Yea.
I should re-name this thread as ‘The grammar lesson thread’
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### Author:  [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/29 "2014-03-14T22:00:42Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#):
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> Yea.
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> I should re-name this thread as ‘The grammar lesson thread’
You got the spelling correct, but your grammar was off. You missed the period. I agree with the thread name change.
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### Author:  [@Casey888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Casey888)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/30 "2014-03-15T16:18:31Z")
> [@mordo613](#):
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> As did you.
> Twice.
That was the point. -\_-
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### Author:  [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/31 "2014-03-15T16:38:20Z")
> [@kclejeune](#):
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> That was the point. -\_-
😃
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### Author:  [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/32 "2014-03-17T02:56:09Z")
> [@GregP](#):
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> Ah, whatever; it’s pretty much the same thing.
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> Replace the semicolon with a period and capitalize “it’s” if you prefer.
Commas and semicolons are pretty much interchangeable in English.
Edit: My wording was terrible, please disregard.
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/33 "2014-03-17T03:03:09Z")
> [@Yoyo](#):
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> Commas and semicolons are pretty much interchangeable in English.
Afraid not. I can’t actually think of a single example in which you would use a semicolon instead of a comma. In most cases, swapping in a comma will produce a run-on sentence. For a list, you don’t use a semicolon as a delimiter unless the separated items themselves contain commas already.
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### Author:  [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/34 "2014-03-17T03:49:37Z")
Oops, meant when you can use a semicolon, you could use a comma.
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/35 "2014-03-17T13:26:37Z")
> [@Yoyo](#):
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> Oops, meant when you can use a semicolon, you could use a comma.
I figured you meant both, so I already took that into account. In fact, I think that’s the majority of what my previous reply addressed. :wink: You cannot use a comma in place of a semicolon.
“I don’t usually like heavy yoyos, however, I do like the H5xChief.”
The above has a comma splice error. You would need a semicolon to correct it. You could alternatively break it into two sentences. I’m not saying you’re wrong just yet… but I would need to see an example illustrating interchangeable semicolon and comma before I believed you. :wink:
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### Author:  [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/36 "2014-03-17T19:39:03Z")
That party sucked, it was boring
That party sucked; it was boring
The semicolon is more correct, but the comma is still accepted.
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/37 "2014-03-17T19:44:22Z")
> [@Yoyo](#):
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> That party sucked, it was boring
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> That party sucked; it was boring
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> The semicolon is more correct, but the comma is still accepted.
The comma is not accepted in the first. That is a classic comma-splice error. You cannot join two complete thoughts with a comma.
“The party sucked. It was boring.” Since this division by period is perfectly acceptable, it’s a tip-off that you actually cannot use a comma. The semicolon is not just “more correct”, it is the only correct way to keep it all as one sentence.
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### Author:  [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/38 "2014-03-17T20:59:51Z")
Wow Gregp yourr able to catch all the little details. Did you used to be a grammar teacher or something?
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/39 "2014-03-17T21:03:55Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#):
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> Wow Gregp yourr able to catch all the little details. Did you used to be a grammar teacher or something?
Something like that, yes. :wink: I have also been a book editor, copy writer and copy editor.
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### Author:  [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-found-a-little-typo-the-grammar-lesson-thread/64574/40 "2014-03-17T21:05:18Z")
> [@GregP](#):
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> Something like that, yes. :wink: I have also been a book editor, copy writer and copy editor.
Oh cool.
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