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Latest post Wed, Mar 28 2007 1:19 PM by Mister Micawber. 1 replies.
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Teo  +  344505 Wed, 28 Mar 07 11:37 AM

1. Forget him, he's not worth it. 2. I hated high school; I just want to forget about it.

The above two sentences are quoted from the same dictionary.  It seems that they have the same structure. Why use a comma in #1 and a semicolon in #2?
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Thank you very much for your reply.
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Mister Micawber  +  344540 Wed, 28 Mar 07 01:19 PM

I wouldn't use a comma in the first if I were writing carefully; informally, such comma splices are common.
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