Why aren't colons optional?

[Michael Kelly]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:22:15 +0100, Laura Creighton <lac at strakt.com>
wrote:

>> Language is dynamic. The people determine it's correctness, not a few
>> privileged folks in an ivory tower.
>
>       Courageous, demonstrating that there are wealth and residence 
>       requirements for being an American English authority.

Not to mention that ivory is out of fashion these days, what with
elephant hunting being deprecated.


Mike

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