[rhadin]

Originally Posted by VydorScope

Thanks all! So for example the post above has

There was no running and no shouting; all the children behaved very well; therefore, they will all get a treat.

But why would you do that instead of:

There was no running and no shouting. All the children behaved very well. Therefore, they will all get a treat.

Actually, it would be better written along these lines:

"Because the children behaved very well, they will get a treat."

No running or shouting is superfluous once you establish that the behavior was good, unless the only behavior you were interested in was running and shouting, in which case the sentence would be something like:

"All the children will get a treat because there was no running or shouting."

The exact wording would depend on what you are trying to convey and what needs emphasis.