Is "I bet they teach that because it's a nice solid rule for kids just learning English. Otherwise you'd be putting asterisks after every lesson." two complete sentences? If not, how would you write it?
i'd replace the period with a dash
>>7977061
An en dash?
"I bet they teach that because it's a nice solid rule for kids just learning English – otherwise you'd be putting asterisks after every lesson."
replace with a vertical bar, space, 2 vertical bars, space, another 2 vertical bars, another space, then a vertical bar and an underscore