It's a so-called "comma splice." (Two independent clauses without a conjunction or semicolon)

Avangi! You're a wonderful help. Thank you so much. I was under the impression that the punctuation marks - commas, question marks, colons, semicolons, and periods - belonged to the statement within quotation marks, and that titles were

I wonder; why were the kids given such an opportunity? Is the semicolon correctly placed in the above sentence?

He was annoyed there was no paint and didn't need to rush to work, had much better things to do at 8am. It is two sentences spliced together with a comma. There are 2 separate thoughts. 1) He didn't need to rush to work, because there was

Sorry, Clive. I think you missed the boat on almost all corrections. Do don't "pick" what you want, or "if you like dashes," you use what is correct. J is correct with semicolons because there are commas within items.

Raen, I'm going to answer quickly before Clive does So Clive is a anti-semicolonist. I did not know that. Now I know what to do to just to see how angry he can get. Personally, the prior sentence is so long, I would not use the semicolon

Raen, I'm going to answer quickly before Clive does. You never NEED to use a semicolon. You can ALWAYS use a period and start the new sentence with a capital letter instead of joining them with a semi-colon. The semi-colon joins two

I hadn't understood what a run-on sentence was until I recieved my first graded paper. So not surprisingly, I was marked for that at several places. I've checked out on the internet for the correct punctuation and machanics for that, and

. It requires a semicolon before and a comma after: They have more group work activities ; however, they are a minor part of the curriculum. .

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. I'm struggling with the proper usage of the semicolon. Below are a couple variations of a thought. Which is correct? 1) 2pm is perfect! I’ll fly in Friday morning for the meeting; So 2pm will give me plenty of time