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Comment by chasd00

18 hours ago

no it's always been semicolon, the "super-comma" comes from describing how to use it. "It's similar to a comma but like a super comma."

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jjgreen  17 hours ago

Huh? I've always understood that the clause after the semicolon is peripheral; the meaning of the whole sentence does not change without it.

  • basch  17 hours ago

    thats one use for it. supercomma is another.

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