Who is good with grammar/punctuation?

Mella&T

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?We take the guesswork out of balancing your pool’s water; while using a clean product that is much safer for the environment. We take the guesswork out of balancing your pool’s water, while using a clean product that is much safer for the environment. Semi-colon or comma?

SarahKate31

Comma.

MereFM99

Pretty sure that's a comma...

alexandramezzo

I would just go with the regular comma.

arbolita

comma

Mella&T

Ok, that's what I thought, too but I had asked my one co-worker since he was an English major and grammar guru and he said it should be semi-color. I thought it looked off and figured I'd put it out there for speculation. Glad I asked before I hit send on 2500 postcards!

pantsarella

Comma- I've always heard that the rule for the semi-colon is that both halves have to be able to stand on their own as a sentence.

KellyColleen06

Ditto to pantsarella

Ragdolls

Ditto pants - semi-colons separate two independent sentences.