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Check this one out. Would you use a comma instead?
Atlas Inc. consist of a scientific team; combining thier experience
and education to provide you with the highest quality products.
One of my books says a comma, the other book says a smicolon.
thanks for your help,
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Forget the puctuation and try re-writing the sentance to make sense. Atlas
Inc. cannot consist or a scientific team. Atlas Inc. consists of staff,
management, plant facilities and and many other resources (I assume). A
team cannot be scientific, however the members of a team can be scientists.
The staff of Atlas Inc. consists of a team of scientists who, combining
their experience and education, provide you with (insert appropriate noun
relating to industry, ie. engineering, graphic software) products of the
highest quality.
Myke Wilder
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Les Communications Myke Wilder (Montreal)
Communications as a problem-solving tool? Quel concept!
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