The colon (:)
The colon is now seldom used but is necessary:
- to instruct an enumeration (naming one by one)
e.g. send me the following articles: a pen, a ruler, a brush and some writing paper.
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to introduce a speech or quotation beginning with the words like “thus”, ‘as follows”
e.g. The poet Keats wrote of Autumn thus: “Season of mists !” -
to introduce long quotations
e.g. The following are the chief cities: London, Paris, Moscow, New York, Bombay.
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