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And most sentences with a semi-colon could also; it's often a matter of personal preference without well-defined fixed rules.
by yarg 9y ago
And most sentences with a semi-colon could also; it's often a matter of personal preference without well-defined fixed rules.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> And most sentences with a semi-colon could also Well, yeah, since the difference between a comma and a semi-colon is the latter joins independent clauses, it is necessarily the case that any semi-colon use for joining (as opposed to its use in, e.g., lists) can be replaced by a period, you just lose the indication that the two independent clauses are tightly associated.