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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Should this be a comma or colon?

Avondale met the minotaur Kaziganthi de-Orilg and the silver dragon Heart, and saw the mighty weapon that Huma had been searching for: the dragonlance
  

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colon.

— Yoong Liat

  • colon.
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Neither. It should be an em dash. ..had been searching for—the dragonlance.
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AnonymousShould this be a comma or colon?
Some writers would use a comma there, but I feel that a colon is more appropriate.

Delete the comma.
AnonymousNeither. It should be an em dash.
And why is that?
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