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Pavlides Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

punctuation

Is this sentence correctly punctuated?

I was embracing everything and questioning all that was brought to me, or more correctly, through me, my physicality, my energy, my whole being.

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I was e mbracing or questioning all that was brought to me, or more correctly, through me: m y physicality, my energy, my whole being.

— Mister Micawber

  • I was e mbracing or questioning all that was brought to me, or more correctly, through me: m y physicality, my energy, my whole being.
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I was embracing or questioning all that was brought to me, or more correctly, through me: my physicality, my energy, my whole being.
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I was embracing everything and questioning all that was brought to me, or more correctly, through me: my physicality, my energy and my whole being.


Here you go. The colon is the right punctuation when you are listing something. You need to finish the list with an and preceding the last one.
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pathfinder1992You need to finish the list with an 'and' preceding the last one.
Not necessary, actually: omitting it sometimes is more effective.
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Mister Micawber pathfinder1992You need to finish the list with an 'and' preceding the last one.Not necessary, actually: omitting it sometimes is more effective.
I am not sure about that.Do you mean just for this sentence with the colon, or for all sentences.
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pathfinder1992.Do you mean just for this sentence with the colon, or for all sentences.
A colon need not be followed by a complete grammar. However, I think that the same technique appears in other expository writing as well.
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