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| COLONS AND SEMI COLONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christopher, Stephanie, Keisha, David | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "A colon is used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things; or the members of a ratio or proportion." (Dictionary.com))� | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ex. "I'll tell you what in going to do: I'm going to quit!" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ex. "Elephant (noun): A large gray mammal that is found in Africa and India." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| EX. "It's 10:45" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "A mark of punctuation (;) used to connect independent clauses and indicating a closer relationship between the clauses than a period does." (Dictionary.com) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most frequently, semicolons are followed by a conjunctive adverb and a comma; such words are,consequently, besides, furthermore, however, for example, in fact, therefore, nevertheless, moreover, and thus. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ex. "There was no running and no shouting; all the children behaved very well; therefore, they will all get a treat." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ex."Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." (J.F.K) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Works cited | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ELC Courses, UVic English Language Centre, 1999. 26 June 2007 <http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/colons.htm>. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "colons." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 05 Jul. 2007. ;Dictionary.com <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/colons>. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "semicolons." The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 05 Jul. 2007. Dictionary.com <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/semicolons>. | |||||||||||||||||||||||