2010-11-11, 12:07 AM
I don't know whether to simply post a hyperlink or quote everything here, so I'll do both.
For question 1, I suppose this page answers it.
http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/depa...0000000000
Question 2 is on the same page, I assume. I just can't find anything specifically stated about whether or not to use one.
Note: I hold no responsibility for its accuracy, it's another internet source (and a UK one at that) so yeah.
If I were to speculate (since I was not properly education on this subject), I would assume that a full stop signals a stop --that is, the end of the idea-- while a comma and a semicolon signify otherwise, and differ from each other only by grammatical use: Commas cannot precede certain connecting words; Semicolons jump in to play comma's role while being pretty.
For question 1, I suppose this page answers it.
http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/depa...0000000000
Quote:Joining two complete sentences with a comma in this way is one of the commonest of all punctuation errors, but one of the easiest to avoid if you pay a little attention to what you're writing. Either you must follow the comma with one of the connecting words listed above, or you must replace the comma with a semicolon.
Question 2 is on the same page, I assume. I just can't find anything specifically stated about whether or not to use one.
Note: I hold no responsibility for its accuracy, it's another internet source (and a UK one at that) so yeah.
If I were to speculate (since I was not properly education on this subject), I would assume that a full stop signals a stop --that is, the end of the idea-- while a comma and a semicolon signify otherwise, and differ from each other only by grammatical use: Commas cannot precede certain connecting words; Semicolons jump in to play comma's role while being pretty.