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The Wonderful World of COLONS!

The Wonderful World of COLONS!. Grammar… not Anatomy!. The Colon. Use a colon after an independent clause to introduce a list of particulars, an appositive, an amplification, or an illustrative quotation The colon indicates that what follows is closely related to the preceding clause

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The Wonderful World of COLONS!

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  1. The Wonderful World of COLONS! Grammar… not Anatomy!

  2. The Colon • Use a colon afteran independent clause to introduce a list of particulars, an appositive, an amplification, or an illustrative quotation • The colon indicates that what follows is closely related to the preceding clause • More effect than the comma • Less separation power than a semicolon • More formality than a dash

  3. Introduce a List • Your dedicated whittler requires three props: a knife, a piece of wood, and a back porch. • Your dedicated whittler requires: a knife, a piece of wood, and a back porch.

  4. Introduce a List • Understanding is that penetrating quality of knowledge that grows from theory, practice, conviction, assertion, error, and humiliation. • Understanding is that penetrating quality of knowledge that grows from: theory, practice, conviction, assertion, error, and humiliation.

  5. Amplification • Join two independent clauses with a colon if the second interprets or amplifies the first. • But even so, there was a directness and dispatch about animal burial: there was no stopover in the undertaker’s foul parlor, no wreath or spray.

  6. Quotation • A colon may introduce a quotation that supports or contributes to the preceding clause. The squalor of the streets reminded her of a line from Oscar Wilde: “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

  7. Functions of Form • Salutation in a formal letter • Dear Mr. Montague: • Time • 10:48 P.M. • Title with Subtitle • Practical Calligraphy: An Introduction to Italic Script • Bible chapter from verse • Nehemiah 11:7

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