Colon

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Looks like a full stop on top of another full stop.

As shown here in brackets it generally introduces a list or series of items can also be used to combine two independent clauses.

If the second clause summarizes or clarifies the first don’t worry we will see examples on this code and also separates hours for minutes when writing the time and also used to show ratios or proportions colons are also used after warnings and they use when replying or forwarding emails and colons are used in dialog scripts and we do need to look at capitalization with colons a colon generally introduces a list or series of items as in your homework is as follows.

Colon and then Task 1 2 and 3.

Or if we write it in a vertical bullet point list there are a few tasks we need to complete before the next meeting.

Colon and then the list of tasks.

And it can be used to combine two independent clauses.

If the second clause summarizes or clarifies the first it rained all day I am soaked and the colon is between the two because the being soaked kind of summarizes or clarifies the fact that it rained all day or you can say I like all sorts of music.

Colon.

Rock Metal jazz classical and again that clarifies this also a list and the colon can replace words or phrases such as including or for example.

So if we take the last example we could have written it like this.

I like all sorts of music for example metal jazz classical and then we don’t need a coat on at all.

But it is more wordy and takes up more space and a cold on separate hours for minutes when writing the time but we don’t actually say cold on we say in this case 10 15 or a quarter past 10 or here we say twenty one 30 or half past nine in the evening or 1755 being five minutes to eight and current show proportions ratios and gambling odds so older monitors had an aspect ratio of four to three.

And please note the way we say this we don’t save for colon three we say four to three and we’ll see this in other examples as well the recipe has fat sugar and flour proportions of a one to one to three which was one part fat one part sugar three parts flour or an outsider won the race and the odds are 20 to 1 coders are also used after warnings in warning poisonous substance you’ll see these sort of on labels and things and signs caution Slippery When Wet danger deep water and we often see colons as well in emails when either replying to a mail or forwarding one and it doesn’t really matter what format we use to show that it’s a reply or a forward we’ll show a few here.

So re colon enquiry with reference number one two three four five six that’s a reply to that mail is a different one with Ari with a small F.W.

for forward sometimes you see F.W.

D for forward and again.

it doesn’t really matter.

The format that is used or even the language it is used you’ll see this colon and then the original email subject title.

is also used in dialog scripts so Bob colon with Bob says I was sick yesterday did I miss anything interesting to Susie replies I am sorry to hear that the meeting was boring to it Paul says Yeah you did the right thing staying away and note in this particular case there’s no speech marks around what the people actually said because it’s clear it’s a dialog script we need to very quickly to capitalization following your colon as some people say that the word after the colon should be lower case because the sentence hasn’t finished others will say that it must be uppercase.

and other people again will give you situations where you will use a lower case in this situation an upper case in this situation.

here’s the thing there are no hard and fast rules for this it’s really just preference and style so if in doubt if a company has a style guide and use that.

But above all be consistent.