“In my opinion, semicolon should be used very sparingly.
Discrimination!
Even the name; you might as well call it a half-breed colon.
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Discrimination!
Even the name; you might as well call it a half-breed colon.
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Absolutely! Semi-colon needs to present the case for it’s right to exist.
If you need a semi-colon, ask why the *clauses* aren’t just two distinct sentences. No time to review the intricacies right now, but, IMO, semi-colon needs to decide if it’s a period or a comma.
Just rewrite the dang sentence(s)!