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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

colon dash

Is this sentence correct?

I hate him so much: he killed my dog!

I hate him so much—he killed my dog!

or should I say

I hate him so much!: he killed my dog.

I hate him so much!—he killed my dog.

I want to emphasize the first part of the sentence which is: I hate him so much.

Thank you.
  

Top answer

Hi, Why not just say this? 'I hate him so much! ' Clive

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Hi,

Why not just say this? 'I hate him so much! He killed my dog!'

Clive
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He killed my dog was intended to be the explanation.
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Absolutely NO on the colon or dash combination.

I prefer Clive's suggestion. If you really don't want to seperate them, then I vote for the dash.
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Hi,
He killed my dog was intended to be the explanation.

If you don't think that's clear enough from 'I hate him so much! He killed my dog!', then I suggest

'I hate him so much because he killed my dog!'

You can't get much clearer than that.

Clive
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Thank you.

What about this:

Can I write this sentence: "I love you!"?

Is this correct?

What do you suggest?

Thank you.
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I frequently write that message to my husband. It's just fine.
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But is GrammarGreek's suggestion correct?

I prefer hers.
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I didn't make one. I'm confused now.
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But didn't you "suggest" when you suggested me to go with the dash if I didn't like Clive's?
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Hi,
As you can perhaps tell, I don't like dashes much.
I, and some people but not all, view them as often being lazy punctuation.
ie I can't be bothered to word my sentence clearly so I'll just use a dash or two and let the reader figure out what I mean.

I wouldn't seriously argue that one dash is a pr
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