2006-07-19 06:51:12 · 5 answers · asked by david n 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
That "example sentence" you gave doesn't require a semi-colon. A semi-colon generally links two closely related clauses that would sound more natural combined into one sentence than left as two. An example would be, "I'm tired; I've been working all day" instead of "I'm tired. I've been working all day." Also note that these two clauses can stand alone as complete sentences when seperate; they are not sentence fragments like your example would be: "If you ask me [fragment]. Jerry is a tennis whiz."
2006-07-19 19:02:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"If you ask me, Jerry is a tennis whiz" is correct. No semi-colon needed.
A semi-colon joins two clauses without a connector such as, and, but, etc.
2006-07-19 06:54:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. use the comma. you have a single thought here, not two.
You will usually use the semicolon to link independent clauses not joined by a co-ordinating conjunction. Semicolons should join only those independent clauses that are closely related in meaning.
2006-07-19 06:56:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because it is a single thought -- or two clauses which form a single thought. A semicolon is used to seperate two different clauses, expressing two different ideas.
2006-07-19 06:54:56 · answer #4 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You cannot.
2006-07-19 06:54:43 · answer #5 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋