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You might not be overly pedantic, but you are wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon#Usage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon#Usage Nevertheless, I
by kayloos 14y ago
You might not be overly pedantic, but you are wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon#Usage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon#Usage
Nevertheless, I also do not take kindly to semicolon usage, because it's so vague. But that does not mean I can claim that it's wrong, without being wrong myself.
- lwhi 14y agoBoth parts of the sentence need to be able to stand alone; they can't stand alone in the described instance.
- gabemart 14y agoI'm not sure how that link supports your assertion I'm wrong. Can you be a little more specific?
- kayloos 14y agoBetween independent clauses linked with a transitional phrase or a conjunctive adverb: Everyone knows he is guilty of committing the crime; of course, it will never be proven. ... This is the least common use, and is mostly confined to academic texts. In your example, "then" is the conjunctive adverb. Edit: By the way, I love having grammar discussions on the internet. Let's make a grammar discussion club, so we can really go at it, and maybe try and keep the grammatic national socialism out of hackernews.