Comments on: Mind your colons … http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2005/12/23/mind-your-colons/ what was Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:51:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: david http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2005/12/23/mind-your-colons/#comment-11622 david Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:46:30 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/?p=76#comment-11622 Christy: That's my usage, at least. Note that there are some generally-accepted exceptions to the colon rule, such as headings in a glossary-style list, or the address in a letter (as at the top of this comment). In these cases, a single word or phrase before the colon is acceptable. Christy:

That’s my usage, at least. Note that there are some generally-accepted exceptions to the colon rule, such as headings in a glossary-style list, or the address in a letter (as at the top of this comment). In these cases, a single word or phrase before the colon is acceptable.

]]> By: Christy http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2005/12/23/mind-your-colons/#comment-11621 Christy Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:33:54 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/?p=76#comment-11621 So it is acceptable to use an incomplete sentence to introduce a bulleted list as long as I don't end the introductory "stem" with a colon? So it is acceptable to use an incomplete sentence to introduce a bulleted list as long as I don’t end the introductory “stem” with a colon?

]]> By: Bob DuCharme http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2005/12/23/mind-your-colons/#comment-2218 Bob DuCharme Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:32:39 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/?p=76#comment-2218 There are enough analogies between writing good code and writing good prose that I've always wanted to write them up in an essay. (For example, increase your vocabulary, but resist the temptation to show it off; if you're repeating big chunks of something you already wrote, it's time to refactor; etc.) What's wrong with ambiguous pronoun references? In geekspeak, it's simple: they're bad pointers! There are enough analogies between writing good code and writing good prose that I’ve always wanted to write them up in an essay. (For example, increase your vocabulary, but resist the temptation to show it off; if you’re repeating big chunks of something you already wrote, it’s time to refactor; etc.)

What’s wrong with ambiguous pronoun references? In geekspeak, it’s simple: they’re bad pointers!

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