From the Problogger ‘How To…’ Group Writing Project, LearningNerd brings us “English Punctuation: Commas, Semicolons, and Colons”:
The colon introduces or restates something. Unlike the semicolon, the colon can connect an independent clause to a word or phrase.
There’s lots more, including links to other sources.
I have a certain love for punctuation. I read good writing as music, and punctuation marks are the rest notes. I have my own theories on how they ought to be used, and mastery in art consists of knowing which rules to break and how.
Like this: If a period is a full stop, I want for that colon to be a screeching slamming on the brakes. I want to hear a puff of breathe at that point, so much are you stopped short. I never know how any of this sounds in any mind but my own, but it works for me…
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jf.sellsius says:
I like to dangle my participles.
September 26, 2006 — 8:59 am
mike says:
as I have matured, I have embraced the colon, the occasional em-dash, and the Oxford comma.
September 26, 2006 — 9:39 am
Galen says:
From your blogging to your yard signs, it is clear to me that you are an accidental realtor, Greg. Writing was your calling.
September 26, 2006 — 9:40 am