Colons descending: an interim assessment

Michael Erard

doi:10.1017/S0266078400009299

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Colons descending: an interim assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 October 2008

Michael Erard

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MICHAEL ERARD discusses the role of the colon in a major aspect of academic life

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Information: English Today , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , October 1996 , pp. 43 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078400009299 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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