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It would seem then that most people are turned off by the idea of long hours, high stress, and vigorous compeition and would much rather work a ‘regular’ job; however I would find that incredibly boring.
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Does the semi colon make sense?
 
I would have just put a comma personally.

The way I look at it, a semi-colon can be used when the two sentences can work individually. The second part doesn't quite make sense without the first, so I wouldn't have used a semi-colon.
 
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I was always under the impression that if you had a word like 'however' (or 'but', 'nonetheless' etc - I think they're called conjunctions?) then you don't need a semicolon?
 
DB_SamX said:
I would have just put a comma personally.

The way I look at it, a semi-colon can be used when the two sentences can work individually. The second part doesn't quite make sense without the first, so I wouldn't have used a semi-colon.
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Masterdog said:
I was always under the impression that if you had a word like 'however' (or 'but', 'nonetheless' etc - I think they're called conjunctions?) then you don't need a semicolon?
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No, that is definitely wrong.
 
Either would work technically, but it's a question of pacing: you need a slightly longer pause than a comma usually adds before the last phrase, to add emphasis. It's not wrong, but one of two possible right solutions.


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Personally I'd go with a full stop, and start the next sentence with "I, however...". You've also spelt "competition" incorrectly :)
 
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Either way, the one thing you do require is a comma after "however". But I think those are two distinct sentences.
 
There should always be a comma either side of the word "however" in the middle of a sentence, because it is a relative clause.
 
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