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Jim East@slrpnk.net to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 20 days ago

At least 49 dead in South Africa flooding, students washed away in bus

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At least 49 dead in South Africa flooding, students washed away in bus

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Jim East@slrpnk.net to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 20 days ago
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Officials say death toll expected to rise as authorities launch search operation in the country’s Eastern Cape province.

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    20 days ago

    Would a semi-colon work, to tie the two phrases together?

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      I’d probably replace it with the word “after”

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      19 days ago

      I mean, that could work as well. A comma in a hed replaces “and” – semicolons are very rare, though.

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