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Alissa Nesson
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I think this is an error, can you help?

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In a book I’m reading for review is the following:

He was it; autistic.

I think this is an improper use of a semicolon. My understanding's is that both sentences separated by a semicolon need to be full, grammatically correct sentences in their own right. The single word , “autistic”, doesn’t qualify as a proper sentence with a subject and a predicate. Am I correct here? I don’t want to say this is an error if I’m wrong.

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There are several ways to punctuate this, but a semi-colon is not one of them.
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I didn’t think so. Thank you
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I believe that isn't the right punctuation. I don't think a semi-colon is needed in that sentence.
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This is improper use dear that type of sign.to be differentiated there should be used coma.
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