Sep 20 2006
Carousing with Colons
Only a former English major would get sidetracked while teaching an MLA citation and paper formatting class because someone asked about the use of colons with block quotes. I digressed for a couple minutes on the minutia of semi-colons and colons, then caught myself when I realized that the punctuation fun was only occurring in my mind.
–Jane, le sigh
The deep breathing and occasional snores from the students might have been another hint…