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I'll level with you. I'm really freaked out by loose buttons. I'm fine while they're doing their job, but once they're free the evil bastards are a major threat to my life. Tell us what spooks you, and how you cope. Also: church bells, doner kebab salads, death.

(I helped save b3ta! Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 11 Sep 2014, 17:18)
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I hate people who use a dash instead of a semicolon - it's very lazy.

(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 19:35, 6 replies)
^ upset

(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 19:49, closed)
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(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 21:08, closed)
I would suggest that contextually it is more appropriate.
I am not presenting an alternative.
(I helped save b3ta! The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 19:50, closed)
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(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 21:08, closed)

semicolon comma
(I helped save b3ta! .Yeti., Fri 12 Sep 2014, 19:57, closed)
mnnng

(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 20:08, closed)
Joey!

(I helped save b3ta! .Yeti., Fri 12 Sep 2014, 20:23, closed)
you punctuation-fail Deacon

(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 13 Sep 2014, 9:10, closed)
Go on then: explain to me why, in your view, there should be a semicolon rather than a comma between the two clauses above.

(I helped save b3ta! .Yeti., Sat 13 Sep 2014, 12:15, closed)
Because it's replacing ", then" where "then" is acting as a conjunction.
Actually, I've changed my mind. But you're still a Deacon

*Joey spazz arms and mnnng chin*
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 13 Sep 2014, 12:40, closed)
I've never heard that rule and I wouldn't give it the time of day from a glow-in-the-dark Casio watch.
*belms and gurns whilst waving hands around in a flid motion*

I used to live less than a mile away from where Joey Deacon lived. It's not contagious though.
(I helped save b3ta! .Yeti., Sat 13 Sep 2014, 12:55, closed)
a semicolon to replace a conjunction is pretty basic stuff
www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/conjunctions_and_semicolons.htm

*deacon hands, full belm and spazzy shuffle*
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 13 Sep 2014, 13:09, closed)
The first clause is not an independent clause, though.
It's dependent on the second clause for the resolution of the conditional.

*Monty Python fish-slapping dance*
(I helped save b3ta! .Yeti., Sun 14 Sep 2014, 18:27, closed)
that's why I changed my mind
*slavic dance with kicking and shouting and fur hats*
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 14 Sep 2014, 23:17, closed)
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(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 21:08, closed)
Even worse
When it's an 'n' dash and not an 'm' dash.
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 21:18, closed)
*eye twitch*

(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 22:10, closed)
I fancied the girl out of Hanson

(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 13 Sep 2014, 9:11, closed)
You mean 'en' and 'em'.
Get it right...
(zebideedoodah likes florence but prefers venice, Mon 15 Sep 2014, 22:12, closed)
Look mush. The accuracy of his punctuation becomes inconsequential
when the best that his vocabulary can produce is "do do".
(I helped save b3ta! edjogs Collared doves are shit., Fri 12 Sep 2014, 21:27, closed)

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