A dash derives from "to dash," to shatter, strike violently, to throw suddenly or violently, hence to throw carelessly in or on, hence to write carelessly or suddenly, to add or insert suddenly or carelessly to or in the page.… — Eric Partridge Copy Share Image
“To be mulcted of our money and mutilated of our property is serious enough: to be deprived of our colon would be intolerable.” — Eric Partridge Copy Share Image
A dash derives from "to dash," to shatter, strike violently, to throw suddenly or violently, hence to throw carelessly in or on, hence to… — Eric Partridge Copy Share Image
When we are very young, we tend to regard the ability to use a colon much as a budding pianist regards the ability to… — Eric Partridge Copy Share Image
“War…next to love, has most captured the world’s imagination” – Eric Partridge, famous lexicographer and author who served in the Australian Imperial Force during… — Eric Partridge Copy Share Image
Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it. — Eric Partridge Copy Share Image
