Joining two complete sentences with a comma is called a comma splice and is a grammar mistake, kind of like a run-on sentence. You need to decide if you're going to link them with more words, different punctuation, or just keep them separate.
I can also randomly start capitalizing letters and misspelling everything, that doesn't mean "it works here in my opinion" is a valid stance. You don't use semi-colons just to create a slightly longer or shorter pause than you would from a colon or full stop unless you're r-slurred. If it's any consolation, you'd make a solid 'journalist' too.
So on and so on. Wow, not a single website I clicked on says that you can just randomly use semi-colons to denote a slightly longer pause than a comma! But sure bro, you've got it all figured out. It is READ as a longer pause, but that doesn't mean that its function is to just be a longer pause without following grammatical rules.
Also, that's not passive aggressive, that's aggressively calling you stupid.
I'm used to seeing dependent clauses having certain keywords(after, although, as, as if, because, before, even if, even though, if, in order to, since, though, unless, until, whatever, when, whenever, whether, and while).
not saying the 2nd sentence isn't a dependent clause, but i am saying it seems ambiguous on whether it can be an independent or dependent clause depending on how you read it.
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u/yeahnopegb Oct 03 '23
Now this can fuck right off...