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TitanPa 
"Here four more"
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 Posted - 06/30/2007 : 20:54:47
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In high school SAT exams we used to have question like.
Bird is to Sky : Fish is to _____?
Which is water
My first queston is...... The puntuation : = the word "as"?
My second question is Could this quotaion be used in reviews?
example without using a movie. Just hypothetical.....
"Big - small : Old - young"
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Edited by - TitanPa on 06/30/2007 20:55:45 |
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 06/30/2007 : 21:13:50
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I tend to use a comma in this case though it probably isn't technically correct.
Here is an example in The Towering Inferno |
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 06/30/2007 : 23:32:28
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Here's an explanation of the colon with some examples:-
http://www.answers.com/topic/colon-wordnet?cat=technology
I think of a colon as being a separator, but implying some kind of link between the two parts. So it's not an absolute separator like a full stop.
Edit: In your bird/fish example it could be replaced by the word "as", but this will often not be the case. I.e., you can't replace every colon with "as" and expect it to make sense.
The way you used it in the "big - small: old - young" example seems OK-ish. In this case it's separating the two statements but implying a link between the two.  |
Edited by - Sean on 06/30/2007 23:36:21 |
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Shiv 
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 07/01/2007 : 02:36:28
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
I tend to use a comma in this case though it probably isn't technically correct.
Here is an example in The Towering Inferno
This doesn't seem to quite fit what TitanPa is asking, as the review doesn't mean 'flames it to rise as stars is to fall'
I also wouldn't get 'big is to small as old is to young' from the suggested format. Maybe arrows? I've seen those in reviews?
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bife 
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 07/01/2007 : 02:44:17
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I thought the standard representation was something like:
Fish:water bird:air
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Big:small Old:young
But then again, I could just be talking out of my bum  |
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Salopian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 07/01/2007 : 17:58:50
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| a:b::c:d is sometimes used to represent a is to be as c is to d, but I am not sure whether most users would read this as such. You could try a:b = c:d or a:b, c:d. |
Edited by - Salopian on 07/01/2007 17:59:00 |
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MguyX
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 07/01/2007 : 19:47:41
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Originally posted by TitanPa
In high school SAT exams we used to have question like.
Bird is to Sky : Fish is to _____?
Which is water. . . .
I was thinking more in line with a buttery garlic amd tomato sauce with fresh chopped cilantro, some lemon and capers.
I wonder which of us is right.  |
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Shiv
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 00:28:17
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Originally posted by MguyX
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Originally posted by TitanPa
In high school SAT exams we used to have question like.
Bird is to Sky : Fish is to _____?
Which is water. . . .
I was thinking more in line with a buttery garlic amd tomato sauce with fresh chopped cilantro, some lemon and capers.
I wonder which of us is right.
If you're cooking - you are |
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 09:40:48
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quote:
Originally posted by Shiv
quote:
Originally posted by Beanmimo
I tend to use a comma in this case though it probably isn't technically correct.
Here is an example in The Towering Inferno
This doesn't seem to quite fit what TitanPa is asking, as the review doesn't mean 'flames it to rise as stars is to fall'
I also wouldn't get 'big is to small as old is to young' from the suggested format. Maybe arrows? I've seen those in reviews?
Ah but it could also be read as "Flames Rise as Stars Fall." |
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Shiv
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 11:13:14
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
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Originally posted by Shiv
quote:
Originally posted by Beanmimo
I tend to use a comma in this case though it probably isn't technically correct.
Here is an example in The Towering Inferno
This doesn't seem to quite fit what TitanPa is asking, as the review doesn't mean 'flames it to rise as stars is to fall'
I also wouldn't get 'big is to small as old is to young' from the suggested format. Maybe arrows? I've seen those in reviews?
Ah but it could also be read as "Flames Rise as Stars Fall."
Yes, that's true for 'translating' the colon as 'as', but it doesn't work with the bird and fish example or the big-small: old- young example.
Ain't language the damnedest thing |
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 07/02/2007 : 11:17:59
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quote:
Originally posted by Shiv
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
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Originally posted by Shiv
quote:
Originally posted by Beanmimo
I tend to use a comma in this case though it probably isn't technically correct.
Here is an example in The Towering Inferno
This doesn't seem to quite fit what TitanPa is asking, as the review doesn't mean 'flames it to rise as stars is to fall'
I also wouldn't get 'big is to small as old is to young' from the suggested format. Maybe arrows? I've seen those in reviews?
Ah but it could also be read as "Flames Rise as Stars Fall."
Yes, that's true for 'translating' the colon as 'as', but it doesn't work with the bird and fish example or the big-small: old- young example.
Ain't language the damnedest thing
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ragingfluff
"Currently lost in Canada"
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 16:05:33
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quote:
Originally posted by Beanmimo
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Originally posted by Shiv
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
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Originally posted by Shiv
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
I tend to use a comma in this case though it probably isn't technically correct.
Here is an example in The Towering Inferno
This doesn't seem to quite fit what TitanPa is asking, as the review doesn't mean 'flames it to rise as stars is to fall'
I also wouldn't get 'big is to small as old is to young' from the suggested format. Maybe arrows? I've seen those in reviews?
Ah but it could also be read as "Flames Rise as Stars Fall."
Yes, that's true for 'translating' the colon as 'as', but it doesn't work with the bird and fish example or the big-small: old- young example.
Ain't language the damnedest thing
no oh I mean yes
The correct way to link two separate clauses is with a semi-colon, as in "Flames rise; stars fall". In any event, Mr Mimo, your review is good, accurate and witty; I voted for it accordingly.
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 07/04/2007 : 18:13:38
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Originally posted by ragingfluff
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
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Originally posted by Shiv
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
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Originally posted by Shiv
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
I tend to use a comma in this case though it probably isn't technically correct.
Here is an example in The Towering Inferno
This doesn't seem to quite fit what TitanPa is asking, as the review doesn't mean 'flames it to rise as stars is to fall'
I also wouldn't get 'big is to small as old is to young' from the suggested format. Maybe arrows? I've seen those in reviews?
Ah but it could also be read as "Flames Rise as Stars Fall."
Yes, that's true for 'translating' the colon as 'as', but it doesn't work with the bird and fish example or the big-small: old- young example.
Ain't language the damnedest thing
no oh I mean yes
The correct way to link two separate clauses is with a semi-colon, as in "Flames rise; stars fall". In any event, Mr Mimo, your review is good, accurate and witty; I voted for it accordingly.
Thanks: Fluff;, you were always better at pun,tuation Than i. |
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knockmesilly
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Posted - 07/18/2007 : 01:09:18
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i think in this case, the : isn't being used in the typical grammatical sense, but rather as a symbol establishing a parallel relationship.
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 07/18/2007 : 03:31:46
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| Where is Boydegg when ya need him? |
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punctuation question
