How To Use The Colon

Editing, Grammar, Punctuation /

Mignon Fogarty, Grammar Girl Today’s topic is how to use colons. One of my favorite old grammar books, titled “Punctuate It Right,” has a wonderful name for the colon: the author calls it the mark of expectation or addition. That’s because the colon signals that what comes next is directly related to the previous sentence. Often, it’s almost […]

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