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That's a very misleading usage of the colon (:) punctuation mark. Is it even correct to use it like that in english?
by Torai 9y ago
That's a very misleading usage of the colon (:) punctuation mark. Is it even correct to use it like that in english?
- draw_down 9y agoYes, it is used to denote the source of a bit of news or a paraphrased quote.
- huntermeyer 9y agoWhen the source is leading it makes sense... Source: Headline This reads much better > TheStreet: Facebook to launch news subscription product
- draw_down 9y agoI just said that it's correct. Which it is. If you don't like it, great.
- monfrere 9y agoThis should not be downvoted. One sees the source before the colon more often than after the colon, but it is common to see the source after the colon in some publications. I see several instances (e.g., "Corporate lobbying helped derail border tax: senior Republican") on the Reuters homepage right now.
- draw_down 9y agoForget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
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- annexrichmond 9y agoI think it is more correct (and less ambiguous) to have 'TheStreet: Facebook to launch news subscription product'
- senthil_rajasek 9y agoI wonder why they did not use this common variant, "Facebook to launch news subscription product. -TheStreet"
- jonnathanson 9y agoIt's a strange attributional convention used in headlines and links by some publications. I've never understood why, as it reads so confusingly, snd the reverse usage (source: topic) seems readily and intuitively available instead. But it's still common to see (topic: source) in certain house styles.