Punctuation: Colon (:)

Punctuation: Colon (:)

- used to mark a pause between two statements, the second one being an example or explanation of the first

Examples

He was speechless: it all happened so fast.

- used to introduce a list of things

Examples

The ingredients of the marinade are as follow: salt. dark soya sauce, light soya sauce, sugar and five spice powder.

- used to introduce a quotation from a speech, play, book, poem, etc.

Examples

A famous quotation from William Shakespeare's Hamlet is: "To be, or not to be."