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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
colon usage
Hi,
How can you explain these colon uses? I think generally, a colon is used to when going general to specific, explaining or further elucidating a part of the general part, but some of these seem to do that but not convincingly.
1. And like most groups, we get frustrated when our political system is unable to produce a candidate we can support without qualification: there are compromises that must be made with every candidate. -- the second part seems to going over the concern, which is the their political system's inability to produce a candidate without qualification, but doesn't seem to fit the guidelines as clearly as I would like it to be.
2. It must also resist the insidious nature of entertainment discourse, which demands fragmentation, while having confidence it offers something more engaging than entertainment: narrative. -- this one, I cannot fit this to the guidelines. What does 'narrative' do for the first sentence.
Also, should I caplitalize the first letter of the word that comes after a colon?
How can you explain these colon uses? I think generally, a colon is used to when going general to specific, explaining or further elucidating a part of the general part, but some of these seem to do that but not convincingly.
1. And like most groups, we get frustrated when our political system is unable to produce a candidate we can support without qualification: there are compromises that must be made with every candidate. -- the second part seems to going over the concern, which is the their political system's inability to produce a candidate without qualification, but doesn't seem to fit the guidelines as clearly as I would like it to be.
2. It must also resist the insidious nature of entertainment discourse, which demands fragmentation, while having confidence it offers something more engaging than entertainment: narrative. -- this one, I cannot fit this to the guidelines. What does 'narrative' do for the first sentence.
Also, should I caplitalize the first letter of the word that comes after a colon?
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1-- the portion after the colon offers a conclusion of sorts. 2-- odd indeed, explainable only by further context, if at all.
- 1-- the portion after the colon offers a conclusion of sorts.
- 2-- odd indeed, explainable only by further context, if at all.
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1-- the portion after the colon offers a conclusion of sorts.
2-- odd indeed, explainable only by further context, if at all.
2-- odd indeed, explainable only by further context, if at all.
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