Wednesday 11 March 2015

APA style for how tou use a semicolon

I learned how to use a semicolon.

How to use a semicolon

To separate two independent clauses that are not joined by a conjunction.

 The participation in the first study were paid; those in the second were unpaid.

To separate elements in a series that already contain commas.(see section 1.04 for the use of semicolons in numbered or lettered series.)


The color order was red, yellow, blue; blue, yellow, red;or yellow, red, blue.

(David & Hueter,1994;Pettigrew, 1993)


age, M=34.5 years,95% CI [29.4,39.6];years of education, M=10.4 [8.7,12.1];and weekly income, M=612 [522,702];



2 comments:

  1. Sorry , Dan , but this is an ACADEMIC CLASS. Please, mind WHAT and HOW you write!!

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