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Your friend: The Colon. :. When do we use them?. In FOUR different situations. 1. The first “colon” situation. To introduce a list of items only when the introduction to the list is an independent clause. A word or phrase such as these or the following is often used.
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When do we use them? In FOUR different situations.
1. The first “colon” situation • To introduce a list of items only when the introduction to the list is an independent clause. A word or phrase such astheseor the following is often used. The following items were found in Noah’s locker: Shayne’s moldy sandwich, Laurence’s bloody band aid, and Diana’s missing copy of The Outsiders.
2. The second “colon” situation After the greeting of a business letter. Example: Dear Ms. Cohen: I am writing to let you know what a pleasure it is to have your young, kind hearted daughter in my class.
3. The third “colon” situation • Use a colon between the hour and minute when writing the time. Example: Bradley’s alarm clock rang at 6:15 am in the morning. Bradley hit the snooze button and it rang again at 7:15 am. He responded to the ringing by hitting the snooze button again. He received a detention for being late to class at 8:15 am.
4. The Fourth “Colon” Situation • Use a colon between two independent clauses when the second clause explains the first. Gabriella almost killed Miss V: she convinced Miss V to go on the tornado with her, and the gigantic ride turned so quickly that Miss V thought she would surely die.
5. Can you think of another time we use the colon? Did you pick up on the fifth situation that we use a common? Would you like a hint? Example: Lara played a bird that flew over St. Joseph’s oratory, and she didn’t fall of the chair pretending to spread her wings!!!
Our friend, the Semicolon ; * Semi colons separate related sentence parts. A semicolon indicates a more definite break than a comma does but a less abrupt break than a period does.
In which situations do we use semi-colons? There are three situations in which we use semi-colons.
1. The first “Semi- Colon” situation • Use a semi-colon to separate items in a series if one or more of these items contains commas. Michael-John’s hard drive, shiny new computer, and knowledge about every form of technology in the classroom; Jack’s oversized, bright blue physical shoes, hearty sense of humour and uplifting art work; Ryan’s vast knowledge about history, mobsters, and his love of aircrafts; Isaac’s charm, vivid imagination, and funny jokes; and Emily’s brilliant smile, exceptionally organized binder, and catastrophic crush on Justin Bieber, are just a few of the things that make this class so incredibly awesome!!!
Another example • Saint John, New Brunswick; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; and Halifax, Nova Scotia, are the capital cities of the Maritime provinces.
2. The second “Semi- Colon” situation • Use a semicolon to join the clauses of a compound sentence when no co-ordinating conjunction (e.g. and, or, nor, for, but, so, yet) is used Matthew finished studying for the test; Chad just started studying for it.
3. The third “Semi-Colon” situation • Use a semicolon to join two independent clauses when the second sentence begins with a transitional word such as however, therefore, furthermore, then and consequently. Shayne tackled the star of the other Rugby team; consequently, his team won the game!
