X (resources?)

[Todd Gruhn]

When I run   xrdb -merge .Xresources   I see:

xrdb: colon missing on line 9, ignoring line
xrdb: colon missing on line 12, ignoring line
                              .
                              .
                              .
xrdb: colon missing on line 124, ignoring line

In .Xresources:

L124 contains !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
L9 , L12 contain (or similar )  !Mwm*menu*background: Grey27


What am I missing ??