One sentence or two?

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In the below examples, should these be one sentence, or broken up into separate ones?

They are part of speech.

'Don't be silly, there's no way you could have known.'

'Sarah, listen to me, it'll be alright.'

'Any listen, don't worry, not yet.'

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

'Don't be silly. There's no way you could have known.'
'Sarah, listen to me: it'll be alright.'
'And listen—don't worry, not yet.'

Thomas Tompion · Answer

Hello Ryansamturner.

You should have said 'in the examples below'. Below isn't an adjective.

When you have short sentences, particularly when their subjects are the same, many people do not insist on a major stop.

Here, in one or two of your examples, the situation is complicated by the need to point the relationship between the sentences.

Sarah, listen to me is a command; it'll be all right is what the speaker wishes Sarah to hear. A colon would be appropriate to indicate that what follows the command is what Sarah needs to listen to, thus:

Sarah, listen to me: it'll be all right.

TomJ · Answer

Mister Micawber'And listen—don't worry, not yet.'

Would you kindly tell me what the "not yet" part means in the sentence above? By "don't worry", I understand that the speaker is asking the listener not to worry. But I don't understand what the speaker means to say by "not yet".

Thanks to you.

Mister Micawber · Answer

'Don't worry yet'.

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