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Should be a ; not :
Oh? Could you explain why?
Two complete but tangentially connected sentences that you're trying to link are joined with a semi colon. If it were only a quote and not intending to connect two separate but related sentences or thoughts a colon would have been appropriate.
Notice how I didn't change the intent of your comment, I merely offered advice rather then insisting you don't know what the intent of the sentence you wrote is.
What's the second sentence you think I was trying to link?
The linked comment you used the wrong punctuation on you absolute bafoon, the hypocrisy is cute though.
What linked comment?
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/19657728
Really working that tedious twat gig huh?
Oh, that one, the one I linked to. You see, colons are used when you introduce or define something. Since I was introducing the link to you, I used a colon. You can see another example of this here: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/19661366
You were joining two related thoughts. If you're going to be a Grammer Nazi you better be correct every time or people will throw it in your face.
And again, leave me alone professor disingenuous.
I was joining a thought and a link. It's common to put a colon before a link.
Common isn't always correct, the proper punctuation is a semi colon because it's not just a quote it's your quote linking two sentences to make one more complete thought.
If you're going to be a pedant to me twice at least try to be correct once.
And again I can't make it more clear, stop contacting me.
You think a URL is a sentence? That's strange. Why do you think that?
You're a bafoon it's link to a quote of you that completes the thought before the link.
Could you just fuck off now?
The guy thinks that linking to a sentence is the same as adding it on to the end of a previous sentence, which is even more bizarre.