colon usage

[u18ca2]

Furthermore, I am very grateful for the way in which I have not been made to feel a nuisance during my teaching placement: thank you for your advice and encouragement.

Is the use of a colon correct in this case?

 

[Joelline]

Not really, a period + a new sentence OR a semi-colon would be preferable.

Furthermore, I am very grateful for the way in which I have not been made to feel a nuisance during my teaching placement. Thank you for your advice and encouragement. (this option is the best one)

Furthermore, I am very grateful for the way in which I have not been made to feel a nuisance during my teaching placement; thank you for your advice and encouragement. (this option may be grammatically correct, but the two sentences really have different emphases, and so why link them with a semi-colon?)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

 

[u18ca2]

Thank you for your reply!

 

[u18ca2]

Could I also say...

"I am very grateful for the way in which I have not been made to feel a nuisance; thank you." ...?

 

[maxiogee]

I'm with the semi-colon brigade - or is that cohort?