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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Punctuation Help
Can someone please help me use correct punctuation in this sentence. It is pretty simple but I want to make sure that it's correct because it goes in my personal statement.
"Her reason for this cruel behavior: I had not bought the exact brand of glue she had asked us to buy."
Is the colon correctly used or do I have to use a semi-colon?
"Her reason for this cruel behavior: I had not bought the exact brand of glue she had asked us to buy."
Is the colon correctly used or do I have to use a semi-colon?
Top answer
Yes, this is a good place for a colon: a statement followed by its explanation. )
- Yes, this is a good place for a colon: a statement followed by its explanation.
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Yes, this is a good place for a colon: a statement followed by its explanation.
(PS: `exact` is redundant-- either you bought the brand she wanted, or you did not.)
(PS: `exact` is redundant-- either you bought the brand she wanted, or you did not.)
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To be honest, I personally like the 'm-dash' in this situation very much, AD -- and I use it a lot. There are, however many stylists who consider it too casual to be considered in serious writing.
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