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Punctuation: Part II

September 30th, 2009 in Punctuation

The colon (:)
The colon is almost always used after a complete sentence. It is used to indicate that what follows is an explanation of what precedes.
These are the things we need to buy: four chairs, one table, two fans and a mixer grinder.
The problem is this: which came first, the hen or the egg.
The conclusion we have arrived at is: if we want peace we must be prepared for war.

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Punctuation: The Full stop, Comma and Semicolon

September 29th, 2009 in Punctuation

The term punctuation refers to the conventional system of marks used in writing. Punctuation marks are used to display and clarify the structure of the text. In this post we explain the uses of full stop, comma and semicolon.

Full stop

The full stop is used at the end of a statement or an imperative sentence.

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