<p>For some reason, I spotted this sentence when doing my online class. I asked my mom, an English major, if this was right, and she said it was. I'm still skeptical, though.</p>
<p>Here it is:
"I'm taking my own online course right now, and I'm also at the beach; so, I know what a drag it is to work through holiday and vacation time."</p>
<p>I'm specifically looking at the "beach; so," part of it.</p>
<p>It’s correct, you can use a conjunction after a semicolon.</p>
<p>Is your reply correct?</p>
<p>No, his reply isn’t correct.</p>
<p>“It’s correct; you can use a conjunction after a semicolon.”</p>
<p>There :p</p>
<p>EDIT: BUT, the “so” isn’t really needed. It still works, but imo it would be better without it. Maybe it would work better with a linking word, such as “therefore,” instead.</p>
<p>Wrong wrong wrongahhhhh!</p>
<p>It’s correct, but it would be better without the “so” or with no semicolon and a comma after “beach” instead of after “so.”</p>
<p>I don’t know whether there should be a comma after “so,” though. I don’t know anything about grammar; I just find it awkward.</p>
<p>It’s correct but awkward.</p>
<p>@ybrown: +2</p>
<p>Yes, Secoja, it is correct. It probably looks funny to you because generally most people don’t put conjunctions after semicolons, but it is correct.</p>