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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.

(, Thu 11 Sep 2014, 17:18)
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Go on then: explain to me why, in your view, there should be a semicolon rather than a comma between the two clauses above.

(, Sat 13 Sep 2014, 12:15, 1 reply)
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*
(, 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.
(, 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*
(, 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*
(, Sun 14 Sep 2014, 18:27, closed)
that's why I changed my mind
*slavic dance with kicking and shouting and fur hats*
(, Sun 14 Sep 2014, 23:17, closed)

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