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minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days agoThis isn’t right. Both sides of a semicolon need to be independent clauses. That’s not the case with a comma or an em dash; both of which serve similar, but largely distinct, purposes.
minus-squareMrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.placelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoIndependent but related clauses is how I treat it. I wouldn’t put a semicolon between unrelated clauses.
This isn’t right. Both sides of a semicolon need to be independent clauses. That’s not the case with a comma or an em dash; both of which serve similar, but largely distinct, purposes.
Independent but related clauses is how I treat it. I wouldn’t put a semicolon between unrelated clauses.
That’s exactly it.
Eww, a grammar Nazi