Re: grammar tricks

[Lee Hammer <lhammer@culver.edu>]

I do almost the same as Debby with colons.  I tell students the colon stands
for  "and here it is (they are)."


At 02:40 PM 11/20/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Kate,
>        I over-simplify the colon, telling students that : means, something
>follows. I show them some examples of yeas and neas. That's it. They seem
>relieved after years of exceptions to the rules being the focus of their
>instruction.
>Debby
>
>
Dr. Lee Hammer
Associate Professor of English
Culver-Stockton College
Canton, MO   63435