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Yes it is (they'll be along to arrest me for starting my sentence with a conjunction in a moment).
Traditionally, the semicolon has three uses: it can replace a comma in a series that includes interior commas, such as this one; it can replace a comma and a conjunction in a compound sentence, creating a subtle relationship between clauses; and it can be used artfully to suggest hesitations and inflections, a dangerous practice best explored in a graduate seminar on Henry James.
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I remember when I used to fight over a conjunction in an ad, because I felt that taking it out affected the whole rhythm of the copy.
This paper proposes that the conditional conjunction yàobúshì is a counterfactual conjunction in pragmatic use as a frozen expression without negation.
Because plus is not a conjunction, use a singular verb in a sentence like Five plus two is seven.
We measured the length of time it took participants to read a subsequent conjunction, in line 6 (e.g., A and not-B).
"Like" could be used as a conjunction, as in "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should".
This map corresponds to a conjunction analysis in the sense of a logical 'AND' of all input images (Nichols et al., 2004).
The score is derived from a patient interview in conjunction with an interview of a collateral source.
A decrease in extracellular glucose in conjunction with an increase in intracellular glucose is indicative of an increase in glucose uptake.
His pricey education hasn't even taught him grammar ("You used 'like' as a conjunction!" a schoolmate says in horror).
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