I generally use semicolons because something like
Posted By: bin_swanson on 2007-12-11
In Reply to: Commas or semicolons? - Mary
Subject: I generally use semicolons because something like
every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday or MED 50 mg, one p.o. b.i.d. would mandate semicolons, and it's easier to use them to start with than go back and change them. I was taught to use semicolons; if you use comma you need to add the "and" at the end. This is very old school from the 1970s, though.
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Commas or semicolons?
Subject: Commas or semicolons?
When doing a long list of medications, is it still not proper to use commas in between? I had a QA mark me down because I did not use semicolons.
What does everyone else do these days? Thanks.
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Subject: Shouldn't there perhaps be semicolons at the ends of each sentence? sm
Or is it a matter of preference? I was taught that you put semicolons between numbered lists that are "horizontal" as opposed to "vertical."
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that's what they're asking about, as most of us make typos when we're just posting to one of the boards here, looking for a quick answer .... :-) But, just wanted to give you a heads-up that a few things might have needed a second look there. That kind of thing becomes second nature after a while, but it's worth spending the extra time on it when you're starting out.
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