ANSWER: Yes
Example Sentence: Before you start to work; please look over the instructions carefully.
Yes, a semicolon could indeed join an incomplete sentence and a complete sentence.
No you can not it is stupid.
I wouldn't use a semicolon in a conditional (if) sentence. Semicolons can join two independent clauses without a conjunction. The "if" clause in a conditional sentence is dependent, not independent.
I can give you several sentences.You use a semicolon to separate two clauses.A semicolon is like a comma with a period on top of it.You need to learn how to use the semicolon properly.
"and also"
"because"
Yes, you can use a gerund after a semicolon in a sentence. The semicolon is used to join two closely related independent clauses, and a gerund can function as a noun in a sentence. Make sure the gerund phrase after the semicolon complements or expands upon the information in the first clause.
You can not punctuate a sentence with a semicolon.
add a comma after the semicolon.
Only if there is no semicolon between "tired" and "you".
A run-on sentence.
If you have two independent clauses that you don't want to isolate into separate sentences, put a semicolon between them.