Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: In some types of pine tree, a thick layer of needles, protects the bud

HiGMATNinja

Thanks for your two cents.

Do you agree that we need a semi-colon before independent marker words as consequently or however
as mentioned in the link you provided?
At least a semi-colon on OA before consequently would have made my life easier to then treat the clause as an independent one.
I hope you see my rationale
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