My DS (age 10) and I have been arguing about discussing when you use colons/semi-colons. So, he had in his story 'When he saw who it was, he was surprised. Sitting on the horse was a woman.' but he wanted to make it into a complex sentence.
He thought it needed a semi-colon, so making 'When he saw who it was, he was surprised; sitting on the horse was a woman.'
I thought it needed a colon so 'When he saw who it was, he was surprised: sitting on the horse was a woman.'
Please, someone, was he right or was I?
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Colons v semi-colons - help, please!
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bisybackson · 17/11/2010 19:34
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