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Logic of these colon usages
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00 The logic (or rules) behind a normal colon usage seems to be that the part that follows the main clause give details or explain some parts of it, like going from general to specific. Why are they correct if they are? 02 br
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00 Follow orders from those high up: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, or to ... 02 br
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00 My wife says every man she's been familair with would smell his socks at night before he went to bed: just a whiff--each sock, no only one. [Edward Hoagland "The Problem of the Golden Rule"] 02 br
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00 Millions of peasants are robbed of their fams and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carry: this is called 01 i 00 transfer of population or rectification of frontiers. -- Can we use a dash here? I think a dash is better 02 i 0-
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00 The logic (or rules) behind a normal colon usage seems to be that the part that follows the main clause give details or explain some parts of it, like going from general to specific. Why are they correct if they are? 02 br
02 br
00 Follow orders from those high up: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, or to ... 02 br
02 br
00 My wife says every man she's been familair with would smell his socks at night before he went to bed: just a whiff--each sock, no only one. [Edward Hoagland "The Problem of the Golden Rule"] 02 br
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00 Millions of peasants are robbed of their fams and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carry: this is called 01 i 00 transfer of population or rectification of frontiers. -- Can we use a dash here? I think a dash is better 02 i 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 The logic (or rules) behind a normal colon usage seems to be that the part that follows the main clause give details or explain some parts of it, like going from general to specific. 02 font 00 Generally speaking, they are giving an explanation 00 , or you might say going from general to specific. 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 My wife says every man she's been familair with would smell his socks at night before he went to bed: just a whiff--each sock, no only one.
- 0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 The logic (or rules) behind a normal colon usage seems to be that the part that follows the main clause give details or explain some parts of it, like going from general to specific.
- 02 font 00 Generally speaking, they are giving an explanation 00 , or you might say going from general to specific.
- 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 My wife says every man she's been familair with would smell his socks at night before he went to bed: just a whiff--each sock, no only one.
- [Edward Hoagland "The Problem of the Golden Rule"] 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 Millions of peasants are robbed of their fams and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carry: this is called 01 i 00 transfer of population or rectification of frontiers.
- -- Can we use a dash here?
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0 Hi, 02 br
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01 font 00 The logic (or rules) behind a normal colon usage seems to be that the part that follows the main clause give details or explain some parts of it, like going from general to specific. Why are they correct if they are? 02 font 00 Generally speaking, they are giving an explanation 00 , or you might say going from gene
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01 font 00 The logic (or rules) behind a normal colon usage seems to be that the part that follows the main clause give details or explain some parts of it, like going from general to specific. Why are they correct if they are? 02 font 00 Generally speaking, they are giving an explanation 00 , or you might say going from gene
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