Unit 12: Prepositional phrases – cụm giới từ

The Guide to the Semi-Colon in English was written by Keith Pedant in conjunction with a team of researchers at Boardham University. In comparison with previous works on the semin-colon, this is a very substantial volume. In addition to the main text there are a number of appendices. These are to some extent the most useful parts of the books as, in line with modern linguistic practice, they provide a wealth of real data. In spite of its potentially dry topic, the book contains many fascinating examples in the sections dealing with the history of the semi-colon in particular. With the exception of the final chapter, this book may be of some interest to the general reader as well as the specialist but on the whole is mainly for those who have a professional interest in punctuation marks.

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Now, at this stage in the proceedings    it's my pleasure   to introduce   our speaker tonight, Dr Anna Klein, the country’s   leading family history   specialist.    Anna, I’d like to welcome you on behalf of all our members.

Thank   you.  My own interest   in the subject   came about as a result of discovering   some old letters in the attic at home.   I found them by chance. They'd   been written   by some relatives   who'd emigrated   to Canada   a hundred years or so before and for me, as a ten-year-old   then, they were by far the most exciting   things I had ever read.  They were, for the most part, extremely well-written    and, from then on, I was determined   to learn as much as I could about my family.    In other words’, I had started out on my genealogical journey.   In some ways, I was very lucky.   I was able to collect quite a bit of key family   information    on the basis of the old letters and this enabled   me to track down some relations   living in Montreal.    They, in turn, provided   some contacts with Australian    cousins and so it continued.   In the process, I've learnt   a great deal, not only about my own family,   hut  also   in terms  of how to approach tracing  one's  family.   In most respects, it’s been a thoroughly   enjoyable adventure   though there have been some difficult moments   ...