keannu
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Is the semicolon in the underlined for paraphrasing of the former part "the ecosystem changes dramatically"?
Can this semicolon be replaced by a colon?
There's many usages of semicolon, and I'd like to practice and apply it in writing.
mo3-34ex) Some species seem to have a stronger influence than others on their ecosystem. Take away the sea stars along the northwest coast of the United States, for instance, and the ecosystem changes dramatically; in the absence of these sea stars, their favorite prey, mussels, takes over and makes it hard for other species that used to live there. Sea stars are known as keystone species, because as top predators they determine ecosystem structure by their eating habits.
Can this semicolon be replaced by a colon?
There's many usages of semicolon, and I'd like to practice and apply it in writing.
mo3-34ex) Some species seem to have a stronger influence than others on their ecosystem. Take away the sea stars along the northwest coast of the United States, for instance, and the ecosystem changes dramatically; in the absence of these sea stars, their favorite prey, mussels, takes over and makes it hard for other species that used to live there. Sea stars are known as keystone species, because as top predators they determine ecosystem structure by their eating habits.