Timeline for A trail of colons
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| Sep 7, 2019 at 5:41 | comment | added | Benjamin Harman | I only clicked on this question because its title sounds so gory and disgusting. | |
| Dec 13, 2013 at 9:06 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I could give a lead-in sentence which I feel would justify the first colon, but then I'd choose to restructure to avoid colonitis. I think the second colon is the one to keep anyway. | |
| Dec 13, 2013 at 0:52 | comment | added | J.R. | I agree with @Edwin but I figured that someone could come up with a more apt example easily enough, so the question still has merit. | |
| Dec 13, 2013 at 0:02 | comment | added | Mynamite | Nations get into trouble when they try to colonize the world. | |
| Dec 12, 2013 at 21:39 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 12, 2013 at 20:04 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I'm not happy about the use of the first colon in the example here as it stands anyway (whether there are 0, 1, 2 ... umpteen later in the sentence). Previous context may persuade me otherwise, but the assertions in the first two independent clauses are not connected in a clarifying-of-meaning, explaining-of-reason, or listing-of-examples way which I feel would merit a colon. | |
| Dec 12, 2013 at 19:54 | history | edited | Unrelated | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 12, 2013 at 19:44 | comment | added | Unrelated | @J.R. Right you are! Perhaps I meant inherently, which does not refer to frequency, but even that may be too strong. | |
| Dec 12, 2013 at 19:37 | comment | added | J.R. | In your last sentence, usually seems to strong a word. I've been tempted to "overcolonize" on occasion, but it's hardly the usual case. | |
| Dec 12, 2013 at 19:26 | answer | added | anongoodnurse | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 12, 2013 at 19:14 | history | asked | Unrelated | CC BY-SA 3.0 |