http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/08/31/english-language-colons/ Writng, arts, media, books, and software Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:42:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/08/31/english-language-colons/#comment-259560 mantex Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:54:17 +0000 http://www.mantex.co.uk/?p=5084#comment-259560 Colons are used when there is an element of contrast or before a list. The expression 'even then'in this example suggests a continuity of thought. A semicolon would be more appropriate - immediately after 'door'. Colons are used when there is an element of contrast or before a list. The expression ‘even then’in this example suggests a continuity of thought. A semicolon would be more appropriate – immediately after ‘door’.

]]> http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/08/31/english-language-colons/#comment-259438 lucy mellows Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:16:31 +0000 http://www.mantex.co.uk/?p=5084#comment-259438 Does this need a colon and where? It took me an hour to place my head through the dark black door. even then i could just see the old man laying there flat upon his brown wooden bed. Does this need a colon and where? It took me an hour to place my head through the dark black door. even then i could just see the old man laying there flat upon his brown wooden bed.

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