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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.
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I would have used the first semicolon but not the second.
"There was no running and no shouting; all the children behaved very well, therefore they will all get a treat."
But I would also have substituted 'so' for 'therefore.'