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> That sentence should have used a colon, not a semi-colon, IIANM. I think you are mistaken. The two clauses are full sentences. They could have been separated
by denton-scratch 5y ago
> That sentence should have used a colon, not a semi-colon, IIANM.
I think you are mistaken. The two clauses are full sentences. They could have been separated by a full-stop/period, but the semi-colon makes them part of the same "thought".
- archduck 5y agoSorry, but “the only punctuation mark that regularly unites readers and writers in deep-seated repugnance” is not a full sentence. It should indeed be a colon.