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No public transportation alternative is ideal: buses are cheap, but they take time, planes are fast, but they cost too much, and trains both take time and cost too much. No public transportation alternative is ideal: buses are cheap, but they take time; planes are fast, but they cost too much; and trains both take time and cost too much. Example The Semicolon ; The picnic was a disaster from the start because Brian forgot the beach blankets and chairs, Julie forgot the beer, potato salad, and hot dogs, and Sam forgot his bathing suit. (2) The convocation droned on and on, with the college president intoning the challenges of education, the dean, first thanking the president, detailing the joys of education, and the student government president, thanking both the president and the dean, listing students responsibilities to the college. The Semicolon ; (3) We have a cat who is the size of a cocker spaniel, with a bark to match, a dog who is so big we can’t trust him in the house, and neighbors who, for some reason, won’t speak to us. (4) The car, with its headlights out, swerved into oncoming traffic, narrowly missed a large, loaded oil truck, and headed, nose first, into a deep, muddy ditch. (5) The farm we visited has a clear, fast-moving brook, a shallow but clear pond, and trees, hundreds of trees that keep the waters and the house delightfully cool. The Semicolon ; Combine each set of sentences below into one sentence that includes a series punctuated with semicolons. You will have to add, delete, and rearrange words. Each item has more than one possible answer. The Semicolon ; He lived in a dream world. It was populated by servants who fulfilled his every wish. Chauffeurs drove him about in expensive, fast cars. Politicians and corporate executives sought his favors. He lived in a dream world populated by servants who fulfilled his every wish; chauffeurs who drove him about in expensive, fast cars; and politicians and cor