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Apc321 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

semicolon or comma?

In this case, which would be correct, semicolon or comma?

Don’t put your child on a crash diet; that’s never healthy.

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Hi apc321, and welcome to English Forums. A comma should never join two indepedent clauses. "

  • Hi apc321, and welcome to English Forums.
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Hi apc321, and welcome to English Forums.

A comma should never join two indepedent clauses. Since each of the parts of your sentence can stand by itself as a complete sentence, they should not be linked with a comma -- doing so is called a "comma splice."
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Hi,
I'd just put a period.

Clive

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