I thought maybe we could have a thread for grammar questions or something. They pop up now and then, at least for me. Unless it's just mine and nobody else will ever post here xD.

So I had an assignment to write this thing for a lovely lady named Cassidy, who is basically a teacher. And I think I use the proper em dashes, colons, sentences, commas, and semi-colons, but maybe not. Let me give a random example:

You should read this. It's my favorite book.

You should read this, it's my favorite book.

You should read this: it's my favorite book. Or is it "It's" with a capital?

You should read this; it's my favorite book.

You should read this — it's my favorite book.


I'm tilted to the colon. Can't a colon be used to explain logic behind the previous statement? Doesn't it explain why you should read it? All I know is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was colon palooza, and now I question it all. I see peeps using semi-colons everywhere, though.

I know you could turn this sentence into something much simpler, but I'm going for the question, so... Gotta complicate the matter. I think, maybe it's a bad example .