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  1. 02-Jun-2010, 14:51 #1
    bertietheblue
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    Default colon or semi-colon?

    Any idea in the following? I'm favouring the semi-colon; the lawyer, the colon.
    "That can mean moving quickly: the reason that the UK government had to settle for damages in Party X v Party Y is that it had not moved sufficiently quickly to obtain an injunction."

    Thanks, all!
  2. 02-Jun-2010, 18:30 #2
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    Default Re: colon or semi-colon?

    Quote Originally Posted by bertietheblue View Post
    Any idea in the following? I'm favouring the semi-colon; the lawyer, the colon.
    "That can mean moving quickly: the reason that the UK government had to settle for damages in Party X v Party Y is that it had not moved sufficiently quickly to obtain an injunction."

    Thanks, all!
    What does the previous sentence say?
  3. 03-Jun-2010, 00:09 #3
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    Default Re: colon or semi-colon?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jasmin165 View Post
    What does the previous sentence say?
    I don't know anymore: it's been shredded!
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