We probably don't want to delve too far into a punctuation debate but I agree with mpt in a technical sense. I agree that when you 'say' them they do sound exactly the same with either a comma or semi-colon. But I believe mpt is correct, in that if you are not using a conjunction in the sentence and there is no explicit link, then a semi-colon is technically correct when there is an implicit link without the conjunction.
X people found this review helpful, including you --> the 'including you' is linked to the first part of the sentence explicitly. To say "X people found this review helpful and/but including you" makes no sense, so a comma is used. X people found this review helpful; you did not --> the 'you did not' is only implicitly linked to the first part of the sentence. To say "X people found this review helpful and/but you did not" makes sense, in which case a semi-colon is more appropriate than a comma because it is a higher magnitude of separation without adding an unnecessary conjunction or writing two sentences. Unfortunately I learned all this at school but seldom put it into practice, and would incorrectly use a comma when a semi-colon is technically correct in 99% of my own written interactions (not including the gibberish I write everywhere on the internet where I religiously ignore all the rules of grammar and punctuation). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745934 Title: Punctuation issue on if a review is helpful -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
