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Thanks! This one is a TRAP! When you see that semicolon, you subconsciously assume, "That writer knows his stuff (not referring to @JLe, the clever pollster who definitely DOES know her stuff!). But look more closely at what comes AFTER the semicolon! A semicolon can join two complete sentences, but "a well-behaved pet" is merely a descriptive noun phrase. The only really good ways to join this predicate phrase to the main sentence are: (1) parentheses, but I find that awkward here, or (2) a dash, which works nicely:
The dog waited patiently for her food – a well-behaved pet.
Even better is to insert that awkwardly-attached phrase as an appositive:
The dog, a well-behaved pet, waited patiently for her food.
That's my favorite solution here. One cop-out remains as an acceptable choice, and we have King Shlomo (Solomon) to thank: divide the baby.
The dog waited patiently for her food. She was a well-behaved pet.
But the appositive is best!

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So it’s technically a proper sentence?

It doesn’t have to join complete sentences, however, as separate clauses are acceptable.

I’m pretty sure it’s a grammatically correct sentence. THe question didn’t ask if it was awkward. Proper use of I/me sometimes sounds awkward.

Semicolon: “the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.”

But it's not a clause; it's merely a phrase. So it's not grammatically correct as it stands.

I didn’t know we could launch a grammar signal every time we wanted to summon ⚜ ᎢᎻᎬ ᏩᎡᎪᎷᎷᎪᎡ ᏢᎾᏞᏆᏟᎬ ⚜!

I thought they just showed up automatically when their grammar sense starts tingling.

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It doesn't always wake me when I'm taking a nap!

Somehow I knew you would show. I’m glad you did as I always learn. 😊

Thanks, my friend! Just a bat-signal away!

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Gold star! 🌟

Thanks! 🙇

It’s a semicolon. If it were a colon then the following clause would be expected to support the clause before the colon. Such is not the case with semicolons.

No chance at all, Goo!

Read my comments above, Okie.

when polls close/are about to close

Tag me then

You got it