Jack really loved his wife; wanted nothing but her happiness.

[alpacinou]

Is it okay to have a sentence without subject after a semicolon?

Is this correct?

Jack really loved his wife; wanted nothing but her happiness.

 

[5jj]

It's not possible grammatically.

 

[alpacinou]

It's not possible grammatically.

Can I not repeat the pronoun and not use "and"?

It would still be wrong with a comma, right?

Jack really loved his wife, wanted nothing but her happiness.

 

[emsr2d2]

No. You need either "and" after the comma or a semi-colon followed by "he".

 

[Tarheel]

Try:

.Jack really loved his wife, wanting nothing but her happiness.