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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (3 children)

...I don't like that comma

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 39 points 4 days ago

You can't fix this person's entire educational history.

[–] Dumhuvud@programming.dev 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What about an opening single quotation mark () being used instead of an apostrophe ()?

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Oh wtf I didn't even notice that, shit‘s cursed

[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Hisse@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

A semi would be used to break up two independent clauses. A colon is used when introducing the conclusion to a previous statement. In this case, a semi wouldn't be used because the first sentence makes no sense without the second