I believe you've just performed a thorough examination of the colon—a colonoscopy of sorts. Nevertheless, I love a good em dash, even when erroneously placed. And I know someone who will love this substack as much as I do.
I'm a new subscriber, and you hit my sweet spot right away. I LOVE punctuation, and your essay was a pleasure to read. And now I have a new museum to visit when next I'm near Boston. I'm agnostic on the colon, which I think most people find confusing, but I will go toe-to-toe with anyone and everyone on the beauty and usefulness of its sibling, the semi-colon. In fact, I'm not sure how I wrote this comment without using one! Perhaps next time. Thanks for the fun read.
I tend to use the em-dash when I should probably be using the colon or semi-colon. Em-dash just looks better.
I enjoy a colon and a semi-colon from time to time, but I love (and badly overuse) em-dashes.
I believe you've just performed a thorough examination of the colon—a colonoscopy of sorts. Nevertheless, I love a good em dash, even when erroneously placed. And I know someone who will love this substack as much as I do.
I'm a new subscriber, and you hit my sweet spot right away. I LOVE punctuation, and your essay was a pleasure to read. And now I have a new museum to visit when next I'm near Boston. I'm agnostic on the colon, which I think most people find confusing, but I will go toe-to-toe with anyone and everyone on the beauty and usefulness of its sibling, the semi-colon. In fact, I'm not sure how I wrote this comment without using one! Perhaps next time. Thanks for the fun read.
I can not wait to read The Pelican Tide: Full stop. Period.