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Originally Posted by RPatrino
Now I have a question. I have been reading a book, whose author makes liberal use of the colon: is this proper?
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Not as you used it. I would have to see what "liberal use" means.
Your sentence would be better written in either of these two ways:
I have been reading a book whose author makes liberal use of the colon; is this proper? (weak)
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I have been reading a book whose author makes liberal use of the colon. Is this proper? (preferred)