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Punctuation:. colons and semi-colons. Colons. Colons ( : ) are used: Before a list of words, phrases or clauses. In front of him were the following: mince pies, holly and other delicious delights. In this example the items in the list are separated by commas. Remember:

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  1. Punctuation: colons and semi-colons

  2. Colons Colons ( : ) are used: • Before a list of words, phrases or clauses. In front of him were the following: mince pies, holly and other delicious delights. In this example the items in the list are separated by commas. Remember: you do not put a comma before the word and.

  3. Semi-colons If the items in the list are longer than one or two words separate them with a semi-colon. The attractions of the park included: a new roundabout; a short pony ride; a long slide and an ice-cream stall.

  4. Colons Colons and semi-colons are also used in a bulleted list. Equipment required for PE: • Shorts; • T-shirt; • Pumps. A full stop is used at the end because it is the end of the sentence.

  5. Colons A colon is also used in a glossary between a word and its definition. Connective: a word used to join two parts of a sentence. Adjective: a word which describes a noun.

  6. Semi-colons Semi-colons can be used to join clauses in a sentence. Sometimes they take the place of connectives. John liked jelly and Sam just loved ice cream. This sentence could be written: John liked jelly; Sam just loved ice cream. It was a dark night and the moon hid behind a cloud. It was a dark night; the moon hid behind a cloud.

  7. Recap Semi-colons: • separate longer items in a list; • link two clauses which are closely related. • Act as connectives between two clauses of equal weight. Colons: • introduce a list; • link two clauses, when the second one gives more information about the first.

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