Grimmer Girl here.

I'm Vinyan Fogredy and this week I have a quick and dirty tip about commas and semicolons

with transition words.

And a tidbit about why we call something a double whammy.

Two weeks ago we talked about comma splices.

Errors that happen when you join two main clauses with just a comma.

But you can make the same kind of mistake if you aren't careful when joining two main

clauses with conjunctive adverbs, such as however, therefore, furthermore and nevertheless.

Remember a main clause also known as an independent clause is just something that could be a complete

sentence if it were all by itself.

If you're joining two main clauses with a conjunctive adverb, you need a semicolon

before that adverb.

And a comma after.

An adverb needs to be snuggled between a semicolon and a comma.

Think about this example.

Imagine I'm worried about a library book that's due tomorrow.

I'm not finished reading it, semicolon.

Moreover, comma, I left it at Steve's house.

I'm not finished reading it as a main clause, and I left it at Steve's house as also a main

clause.

So I need a semicolon before, moreover, and a comma after it.

Or in the same way you can fix a comma splice with a period, I could also separate the

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