It should say “MARLEY was dead: to begin with.”
“Should,” based on what?
based on research.
That would be an incorrect usage of a colon.
The research show Dickens used a colon there.
Post #1015250
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- Warbler
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- If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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- 2-Dec-2016, 5:54 PM