How to use Colons effectively

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How to use Colons effectively

• December 21, 2006

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The GREAT Colon

• Why do we need this weird thingy??
• Well imagine a sentence like this.
• We woke up at 500 in the morning.
• What time is 500?? This makes no sense?
• Today we will learn about the COLON)

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What is a Colon?

• The colon ("") is a punctuation mark, visually
  consisting of two equally sized dots centered on
  the same vertical line. Rarely, it is also called
  snake eyes (slang) or "dots".

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How to use a Colon

• A colon can be used after the greeting in a
  business letter
• Dear Mr. P.Diddy

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How to use a Colon

• A colon may also be used between the hour and the
  minutes when you use numbers to express time.
• Example 711 P.M.

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How to use a Colon

• A colon may be used to introduce a list
• You need to buy this for Mr. Silvermans cat
  yarn, Fancy Feast, pet mouse, Milk

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How to use a Colon

• You may use a colon to introduce a long direct
  quotation.
• At the press conference Ronald Macdonald
  declared
• Our burgers are healthy. They really are. I can
  understand why people dont think they are good
  for your health. Blah blah blah blah

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You Try
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