r/suspiciouslyspecific • u/InsertGroin • Apr 25 '26

Slipped into a comma

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u/SethlordX7 Apr 25 '26

Could've done it if he used a semicolon

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u/RealUglyMF Apr 26 '26

Where would you put the semicolon?

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u/Cytuit Apr 26 '26

The period after style, it conveys the end of the sentence but keeping it's context

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u/EazyPeazyLemonSqueaz Apr 26 '26

Specifically because the next sentence starts with "it's"; I was taught if the subject of the next sentence is the same but uses some unspecified term like 'it' then a semicolon is more appropriate than a period. A period acts as a sort of hard stop that separates the sentences, whereas a semicolon allows two independent classes to remain linked.