Comma, dot, or colon?
Would you punctuate with a comma, dot, or colon?
Let me just make one thing very clear(,.
you don't talk to me like that again.
Thank you in advance.
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Let me just make one thing very clear—you don't talk to me like that again. (em dash) The colon is too technical. If by "dot" you mean period (full stop), that also works (Let me just make one thing very clear.
- Let me just make one thing very clear—you don't talk to me like that again.
- (em dash) The colon is too technical.
- If by "dot" you mean period (full stop), that also works (Let me just make one thing very clear.
- ), but not as well.
- A comma would make a comma splice.
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Let me just make one thing very clear—you don't talk to me like that again. (em dash)
The colon is too technical. If by "dot" you mean period (full stop), that also works (Let me just make one thing very clear. You don't talk to me like that again.), but not as well. A comma would make a comma splice.
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