37c Link the clauses with a semicolon.

If the ideas in the two clauses are closely related and you want to give them equal emphasis, link them with a semicolon.

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Be careful when you link clauses with a conjunctive adverb or a transitional phrase. You must precede such words and phrases with a semicolon (see Chapter 40), with a period, or with a comma combined with a coordinating conjunction (25a).

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SOME CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS AND TRANSITIONAL PHRASES

also in contrast next
anyway indeed now
besides in fact otherwise
certainly instead similarly
finally likewise still
furthermore meanwhile then
however moreover therefore
in addition namely thus
incidentally nevertheless undoubtedly