Fw: [Gllug] just a quick question

[John Winters]

On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 13:56 +0000, paul wrote:
> >Given that you're stringing two sentences together, that comma should be
> >either a semi-colon or a full stop.
> 
> why?

Oh dear - back to basics.  It was intended as a joke, but since you
ask...

You end a sentence with a full stop, not a comma.  If you have two
closely related sentences which you want to run together then you can
use a semi-colon.  A comma is for use *within* a sentence.

Of course you can? use whatever punctuation you like! but the further
you stray.  From conventional; usage! The harder it becomes to. Ensure
that you get your intended meaning across,

HTH
John

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