[GRAMMER] When should you use a colon?

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Is this correct:

He put some more : the fire; she felt her : contract as he smiled and called in his irrestistable Italian accent,

", here."

"Fuck off, I have my ." she crooned.
 
How do you peel them with those clumsy hoofs (hooves?)
 
Sub Joe said:
Is this correct:

He put some more : the fire; she felt her : contract as he smiled and called in his irrestistable Italian accent,

", here."

"Fuck off, I have my ." she crooned.

I am totally fuckin' lost.
 
Oh, Geez. Ok, suffering from brain fade today.

, 2 church Maria Mr. .
 
yui said:
Try giving them a ^ and see what happens.
Please don't hit me with any Katekana. You know what that stuff does to me. It's like Charles Addams and French.
 
Sub Joe said:
Please _ that remark with action. Like a little em{

Where's the pound sign when one needs it? I shall have to settle for a {ing good - round the paddock. It's no = to the thought of pounding Joe.
 
Sub Joe said:
Is this correct:

He put some more : the fire; she felt her : contract as he smiled and called in his irrestistable Italian accent,

", here."

"Fuck off, I have my ." she crooned.

I was going to suggest it needed colonic irrigation, then read it again . . .

Alex
 
Sub Joe said:
Please don't hit me with any Katekana. You know what that stuff does to me. It's like Charles Addams and French.
悪魔との情交を求める。

ゆい
 
yui said:
悪魔との情交を求める。

ゆい

It's like the computer that was programmed in unary, only using 0's. Whenever it was asked what it was thinking, the answer was inevitably, "Oh, nothing."

The Earl
 
TheEarl said:
It's like the computer that was programmed in unary, only using 0's. Whenever it was asked what it was thinking, the answer was inevitably, "Oh, nothing."

The Earl
It's all "0's", then? :D Allow Japanese encoding and see if that helps.

P.S. I'm not nearly clever enough to come up with the "Oh, nothing."
 
yui said:
悪魔との情交を求める。

ゆい
Yes.



(Dunno what the hell it says, but saying yes usually works.)
 
Unless there is a serious digestive disturbance, the colon is used last.*







*Excerpt from appellate court ruling, Kline vs. Discount Gastrointestinal Surgery Emporium, Inc.
 
TheEarl said:
It's like the computer that was programmed in unary, only using 0's. Whenever it was asked what it was thinking, the answer was inevitably, "Oh, nothing."

The Earl

Shouldn't all zero's be properly termed urinary?

I have a friend from $$ Texas that makes a great # especially on Wednesdays.
 
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