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E-PrinceBefore you hand in your JP, take the time to be a rebel. Fight the power. Defy convention. Whatever you're writing about, whatever your department, do not use a colon in your title. This stylistic fad has infected nearly ...
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Nice article.
Your next one should be about hyphenated surnames.
I loved reading this! I too have fallen into the colon trap...I think it was mostly a sign of a gnawing fear that my work wasn't really smart enough. A nice clever-sounding title should fix that! Sigh. Of course it never did. Thanks for the reminder that pithiness can be a great stylistic move!
As someone with a hyphenated surname (by birth) I have to disagree with 'colon cleanser.' It's too often cultural to be written off as solely pretentious.