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/lit/, is it ever permissible to use two colons in the same sentence?

>> No.4384329

YES.

>> No.4384333

>>4384329
Kill yourself.

>> No.4384340
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4384340

> asking for permission

>> No.4384341

Don't worry OP, once a sentence gets long enough no one keeps track any longer. Go nuts, use as many dang colons as you like

>> No.4384351

>>4384341

THAT IS NOT THE "POINT" OF HIS QUESTION; HE WANTS TO KNOW IF IT IS GRAMMATICALLY ACCURATE; IT IS.

>> No.4384355

Contents of my colon: poop, bent frisbee, inner child.

>> No.4384358

>>4384351
We're talking colons here. Not semi-colons. Colons.

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>>4384340
>breaking the rules

>> No.4384364

>>4384358

SO?

>> No.4384369

>>4384364
Craft a grammatically correct sentence with two colons in it. Go on, I dare ya

>> No.4384372

Dick lived with his large family: his wife, mother, and three daughters: Elizabeth, Margaret, and Jane.

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>>4384363

>> No.4384379

>>4384369
The lists he made were as follows: Favorite books: Infinite Jest, Stoner, and The Brothers Karamazov; Favorite movies: Drive, and Drive alone; Favorite albums: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and Kid A.

I don't know. I tried.

>> No.4384380

>>4384369

SEE THE POST BELOW YOU.

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>>4384355
>inner child.

>> No.4384391

hemingway uses like seven in some sentences so i yeah i guess so

>> No.4384395

>>4384391
>using hemmingway as a etric

>> No.4384402

>>4384395
What's "a etric"?

>> No.4384405

>>4384395
he's a pretty famous writer who gets taught in english classes all over the road why shouldn't we use hemmmmmmmmmmmingway as an etric

>> No.4384407

>>4384405
he's popular and I hate him.

>> No.4384409

>double anal cum sluts

>> No.4384414

>>4384407
>being this much of a faggot

>> No.4384415

>>4384409
Sasha Grey used them, and she's respected as a writer.

>> No.4384420

his face lit up with happiness, like so: :)

>> No.4384447

>>4384323
Of course it is. If you read some older literature, especially from the 19th century, it is extremely common. Of course, it is hugely out of style and will come off as anachronistic.

>> No.4384451

Absolutely: yes:

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>>4384415

>> No.4386442

>>4384415
>Sasha Grey used two colons in one sentence

SUBTLE

>> No.4386467

>>4384323
>what is a list of lists

>> No.4386477

There were only two movies he had seen over 1000 times: Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever and Blade: Trinity.

>> No.4386486

>>4386477
>Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

Oh my god. How does anyone remember that.

>> No.4386489

>>4386486
I've seen it over 1000 times