: Re: Using colons and semi-colons in dialogue I've often heard writers say they don't like using colons and semi-colons in dialogue specifically. I don't often see colons and semi-colons in dialogue,

Colon in writing, not in speaking! I have noticed lately people speaking a colon-like inflection into the word preceding an implied colon. This sounds like the person split "like" into two syllables. In speaking it is better to use a pause without added inflection on a word that is not contained within the word itself.
Example--"When John goes fishing, he uses bait that attracts a variety of fish, lah/ike: crappie, blue-gill, and carp."
I'd like to see this trend stop because the colon is a writing concept, not a speaking one.

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: I am not a poet, but your question confuses me. It sounds like you have two things mixed together. You experience emotion by living. At least most of us do. I never felt any emotion writing

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