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Colons, Dashes and Parentheses
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Colons
  • Colons create suspense they signal that an
    example, quotation or an explanation will follow.
  • Use a colon after a complete sentence to
    introduce related details.
  • Before a colon you must have a complete
    statement. Dont use a colon after are or include
    or such as.

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Colons Can Introduce
  • A list- First, you need the basic supplies a
    tent, a sleeping bag, a cooking kit and a
    backpack.
  • A quotation- The author begins with a shocker
    Mother spent her summer sitting naked on a rock
  • An example- Vegetarians often use legumes for
    example, beans or lentils

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Colons Can Introduce
  • An emphatic assertion- This is the bottom line I
    refuse to work for less than 10.00 an hour.
  • A subtitle- Rules of Thumb A Guide for Writers
  • When you type, leave one space after a colon

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Dashes
  • Dashes separate a word or remark from the rest of
    the sentence
  • Dashes highlight the part of the sentence they
    separate, or show an abrupt change of thought in
    midsentence, or to connect a fragment to a
    sentence.

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Examples
  • Alberta Hunter-still singing at the age of
    eighty--performed nightly at The Cookery in
    Buffalo
  • At night the forest is magical and
    fascinating--and yet it terrifies me.
  • Living the high life--thats what I want

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Dashes Rules
  • Dashes are very handy they can replace a period,
    comma, colon, or semicolon. However, they are
    usually informal, so dont use many
  • When you type, two hyphens make a dash there is
    no space before or after the dash

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Parentheses
  • Parentheses deemphasize the words they separate.
    Use them to enclose brief explanations or
    interruptions. They can contain either part of a
    sentence or a whole sentence.

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Examples
  • I demanded reasonable working hours (nine to
    five), and they met my request.
  • Bergmans last film disappointed the critics (See
    the attached reviews.)
  • Mrs. Moran drives slowly (she claims her car
    wont go over forty miles per hour), so she gets
    tickets for causing traffic jams.

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Parentheses Rules
  • Put any necessary punctuation after the second
    parentheses if the parentheses contain part of a
    sentence.
  • If the parentheses contain a complete sentence,
    put the period inside the second parentheses.
    Notice, however, that you dont capitalize or use
    a period when parentheses enclose a sentence
    within a sentence.
  • Be sparing with parentheses. Too many can chop up
    your sentences.
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