: Colon Flashcards
To introduce a list of items, when the listed items are not incorporated into the flow of the sentence, use___
A colon.
To introduce a list of items, when the listed items are incorporated into the flow of the sentence, use___
No colon.
To separate two independent clauses when the second explains or illustrates the first, use___
A colon.
As with the semicolon, do not capitalize the first word after the___ unless the word is ordinarily capitalized.
Colon.
When two or more sentences follow a colon, capitalize ___
The first word following the colon.
To emphasize a phrase or single word at the end of a sentence, use___
A colon or an em dash.
To separate hours from minutes, use___
A colon.
To express a ratio of two numbers, use___
A colon.
In biblical references to separate chapter from verse, use___
A colon.
To separate the volume from page numbers of a cited work, use___
A colon.
In business and personal correspondence; when addressing, copying, denoting attention, and using a postscript; use___
A colon.
To inform the reader that what follows proves, explains, defines, describes, or lists elements of what preceded it, use___
A colon.
Precedes a colon with___
A complete sentence.
To add a list, description, explanation, or definition at the end of a complete sentence, use___
A colon.
After an independent clause to direct attention to a list, an appositive, or a quotation, use___
A colon.
