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From: Ian Singer <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Clean Checklist
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:04:09 -0400
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> Dave wrote:
> Re grammar and punctuation, particularly when modifying narrative children
> sentences. A common error I see in Journal reports is the use of the colon in
> expressions like "The children were:" or "The children include:". Correct is
> to omit punctuation completely - "The children were" - or change it to
> "The children were the following:"

That is never ever correct grammar

Ian Singer
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