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Magic Tricks
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So the particular strengths of the colon are beginning to become clear. A colon is nearly always preceded by a complete sentence, and in its simplest usage it rather theatrically announces what is to come. Like a well-trained magician's assistant, it pauses slightly to give you time to get a bit worried, and then efficiently whisks away the cloth and reveals the trick complete.
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― Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
― Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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Sawing a lady in half is easy. Sawing a lady in half and then joining her up together again is less easy, but can be done with practice.
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― Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
― Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency