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**giftbestcom** · 01-02-2012, 12:59 AM

Actually, commas and semi colons are interchangeable in many instances; that being one, this being another.

Not really:

"but contains two closely connected points which would not work well as seperate sentences." doesn't work as a sentence by itself, which it would need to if you were to connect it to another with a semi colon.

A semi colon isn't for joining two parts of the same sentence together, it's for linking two separate sentences that are related.

01-02-2012, 12:59 AM	#18
giftbestcom Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Actually, commas and semi colons are interchangeable in many instances; that being one, this being another. Not really: "but contains two closely connected points which would not work well as seperate sentences." doesn't work as a sentence by itself, which it would need to if you were to connect it to another with a semi colon. A semi colon isn't for joining two parts of the same sentence together, it's for linking two separate sentences that are related.
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