{"id":426,"date":"2006-09-26T08:33:49","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T15:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=426"},"modified":"2006-09-30T14:32:32","modified_gmt":"2006-09-30T21:32:32","slug":"blogoff-post-49-how-bloodhoundblog-breaks-the-rules-of-punctuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/426\/blogoff-post-49-how-bloodhoundblog-breaks-the-rules-of-punctuation\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogoff Post #49: How BloodhoundBlog breaks all the rules of punctuation . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Problogger ‘How To…’ Group Writing Project<\/a>, LearningNerd brings us “English Punctuation: Commas, Semicolons, and Colons”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The colon introduces or restates something. Unlike the semicolon, the colon can connect an independent clause to a word or phrase.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s lots more, including links to other sources.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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Technorati Tags: blogging<\/a>, sellsius 101<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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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. 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