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Grammarian-bot Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Semicolon vs a full stop

How do we know where to put a semicolon and join two independent clauses and where to put a full stop and seperate both clauses (and make them two seperate senetnces).

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It is up to you. If you want to express stronger relation between the clauses, do not separate them by a full stop.

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  • It is up to you.
  • If you want to express stronger relation between the clauses, do not separate them by a full stop.
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It is up to you.
If you want to express stronger relation between the clauses, do not separate them by a full stop.
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So, it's completely a matter of style; no mistake can occuer in such a contruction.

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you hit the nail on the head
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Yes, it's a matter of style, but don't go replacing every period with a semicolon—that would be a big mistake.
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Yes, when you replace all full stop with a semi colon, it would be a comma splice.
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AnonymousYes, when you replace all full stop with a semi colon, it would be a comma splice.
Then if you replace all full stops with a comma, I suppose you'd call that a semi-colon splice?
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