The Art of Styling Sentences: 20 Patterns for Success by Marie L. Waddell Robert M. Esch Roberta R. Walker Barron's Educational Series; 3rd edition (Aug. 1993) 1

PATTERN 1: Compound sentence: semicolon, no conjunction (2 short, related sentences now joined) SV;SV. What precedes and what follows the semicolon must be capable of standing alone. 2

Pattern 1 Examples: a. Try on this jacket; it seems to be your size. b. Hard work is only one side of the equation; talent is the other. c. Some people dream of being something; others stay awake and are. d. “E.T., don’t phone home; it’s too expensive.” – El Paso Herald-Post e. “Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.” – Aesop f. “Forget defensive driving; practice paranoid driving.” – Jim Lanham, El Paso Herald-Post 3

A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby; take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone. ~ Saadi (Sheikh Muslih Addin) Iranian poet; c. 1184–?1292 4