Last week I was explaining to my classes how to use a colon or semicolon, and the differences between the two. One rule I gave because I see colons misused a lot: never use a colon after a to be verb.
Today I found myself replying to a student email and using a colon after is.
I was really hoping to see a post on commas…I guess I can settle for the colon for now 😉
Colons after “to be” have a (usually undesirable) stylistic effect, which is: you sound like Ayn Rand (qua Ayn Rand).
LOL!!!!!