Semi-colon restrictions?

[RobertoB400]

Question about punctuation, the strategy book says to NEVER put "and" or "but" after a semi-colon but I saw a question on the OG that says that's ok. What's the rule?

[RonPurewal]

wrong folder for this question.

please re-post this question in the general folder. also, of course, give the edition and problem # of the OG problem you're citing. (DO NOT copy the text of the question.)