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| mainly used to mark an introduction, but has other uses |
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| colon used for introduction. these may be at the end of a main clause intro. various things |
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| can introduce an explanation, a series, appositives, or long quotations |
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| no colons inside of main verbs |
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| esp. after such as or a verb |
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| Colons are used in business correspondence after the salutations |
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colons can be used between a book, writings, ect. title and subtitle
and also in the time to separate min. from hours |
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| colons are used to show anticipation |
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| what comes after the colon is directly related to the previous sent. |
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expand on or clarify
The band was wildly popular: they sold out the venue. |
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| when deciding on the use of a colon you should |
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| see if the colon can be replaced with the word NAMELY if so then it is in the right place |
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| by adding the words the following or as follows to a sent fragment |
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| the use of a colon with as follows or the following turns an otherwise fragment into a whole clause |
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| Do use a colon after a complete sent. and before a list |
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| I want lots of birthday gifts: Sephora gift card, window tinting, new workout dvds, cash for the mall, and a new bed spread. |
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| Don't use colons after verbs |
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| Don't use colons after a preposition and before a list |
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colon can introduce, define, redefine something
A semicolon shows that two clauses are related and can explain whats going on in the first sent. Semi colons join things of equal weight |
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