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[-] sheridan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

What about three, four, or more independent clauses? Is that allowed?

[-] superb 12 points 1 year ago

I think so! Go nuts though, rules are for suckers

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Hell, I don't even use semi colon, I go full colon!

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I think that second comma should be a semicolon. Also, is that an anal sex joke or am I reading too much into it?

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

(in standardized English) No, you can’t make them into a star with the semicolon in the center. Sentences are linear, so you can only connect two clauses at a time with one semicolon between them. However, you can chain clauses together, each time using a semicolon to join two independent clauses.

Except language changes over time, so if the star usage of the semicolon catches on and introduces nonlinear sentences, then have at it.

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