God said:
Commas confuse me sometimes. There are too many rules, I always end up making a run-on sentence and failing epically at making complicated sentences. :failface:
You comma splice'd. It's "...rules; I..." for future reference.
Seriously, you guys pretend to be grammar nazis but let that slide? I'm taking away all of your badges.
Oh, and Asshanga, he DOES need the comma. It's called a "run on sentence." His sentence can be broken down into two independent, both equipped with a predicate (verb) and a subject (noun), combined only with a conjunction
"Yes there should be, and I meant seriously"
In his first clause, "Yes there should be," the predicate is "should" and the noun is implied. In answering others, many subjects are "forgotten" and implied. In this case, the implied full clause (which is unnecessary) reads "Yes there should be a comma." In his second clause, "I meant seriously," the predicate is "meant" and the subject is "I." As these are not related closely enough but are still two independent clauses, a comma and a conjunction should be used to combine them into one sentence. It would be grammatically correct to substitute both comma and conjunction for a semicolon, but it would be a bad use of the semicolon as the flow of the sentence would be choppy at best.
I am the Queen of the Grammar Nazis. Do not argue with me on any of this.