That is true.
Perhaps I didn’t express myself well. I meant that I believe the specific “semicolon between a control flow statement and a block statement” issue to be a common one as virtually every developer has made this mistake sometime in their lives. And this often happens at the very beginning of their learning. That is why I replied with a simple “how to fix it” answer rather than a very detailed one that may overload their beginner programming minds. Borrowing Nick’s words:
(Note: I actually find your answer very comprehensive, detailed and easy to understand, but a complete beginner may find otherwise. Either way, it will be there in case they want to revisit it in the future. It also provides useful insight that helps actually understanding the programming language syntax.)
As for how common this issue really is nowadays, I’m not sure but take in consideration that one of the main reasons for the rise of the OTBS and Stroustrup coding styles is that putting the opening curly brace in the same line as the control flow statement makes it harder to accidentally insert an unwanted semicolon between them.