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How do you use a colon?

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Dear Forum Moderator,
Please don't : delete this post : I'm doing the final draft : of my novella : and had some : questions about : colon usage.😀

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
Dear Forum Moderator,
Please don't : delete this post : I'm doing the final draft : of my novella : and had some : questions about : colon usage.😀
It's the last link in the digestive system. I takes the last of the water and electrolytes out of the Chyme. Oh you're welcome.



Edit: Oh no I've made a horrible mistake sorry😳

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Every morning around seven-ish...

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
Dear Forum Moderator,
Please don't : delete this post : I'm doing the final draft : of my novella : and had some : questions about : colon usage.😀
Ask not how you can use a colon, ask how a colon can use YOU!~

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Ask not how you can use a colon, ask how a colon can use YOU!~
In soviet Russia, Colon use you.

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
Dear Forum Moderator,
Please don't : delete this post : I'm doing the final draft : of my novella : and had some : questions about : colon usage.😀
As the eyes in various emoticons.

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Originally posted by Mimor
As the eyes in various emoticons.
Intestine eyes! 😲

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Intestine eyes! 😲
Intestinize!

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I would use a colon to:
- announce a list.
- show I'm giving a reason: some people don't see it.

And sometimes I use a semicolon; other people do so too.

Edit: How would you use them? I know some people use it for a time (17:30), but I don't. (17.30)

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O, and someone reminded me: ''A colon is also used to anounce a quote.''

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Originally posted by Thomaster
O, and someone reminded me: ''A colon is also used to anounce a quote.''
So how do you announce a quote using a colon?




I bet it would sound great!

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Recreactionally. (_*_)

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Originally posted by cheshirecatstevens
Dear Forum Moderator,
Please don't : delete this post : I'm doing the final draft : of my novella : and had some : questions about : colon usage.😀
You can use one in El Salvador or Costa Rica.

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Originally posted by orion25
So how do you announce a quote using a colon?




I bet it would sound great!
Just as Thomaster once said: ''I would use a colon to show I'm giving a reason: some people don't see it.''

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: can I do it like this?