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1 Examples
2 Mathematics
3 Time
4 Linguistics
5 Computer representation
6 Other meanings
Punctuation marks
apostrophe (' )
parentheses ( ( ) ),
brackets ( [ ] ); ( { } ); ( < > )
colon ( : )
comma ( , )
dash ( ‒ ); ( – ); ( — ); ( ― )
ellipsis ( … ) ( ... )
exclamation mark ( ! ); ( ¡ ! )
full stop/period ( . )
hyphen ( - ); ( ‐ )
interrobang ( ‽ )
question mark ( ? ); ( ¿ ? )
quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ); ( “ ” );

    ( ‚ ’ ); ( „ ” ); ( ‚ ‘ ); ( „ “ );
    ( ‹ › ); ( « » ); ( › ‹ ); ( » « );
    ( 「 」 ); ( 『 』 )

semicolon ( ; )
slash ( / ) and backslash ( \ )
space (   ) and interpunct ( · )
ampersand ( & )
asterisk ( * ) and asterism ( ⁂ )
dagger ( † ‡)
bullet ( •, more )
commercial at ( @ )
number sign ( # )
prime ( ′ ) and double prime (″)
tilde ( ~ )
underscore ( _ )
vertical bar / pipe ( | )

A colon is a punctuation mark, with one dot above another, like this: ":".

Colons are commonly used to introduce lists, or to connect a broad idea with a specific example: two related sentences can be separated by colons instead of periods. A colon can only be used if the clause preceding the colon is independent.

1 Examples

The United Kingdom comprises four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Speech is silver: silence is golden.
She had not eaten since breakfast: she'd worked through her lunch break.

Also use the colon...

After the salutation of a business letter (in US practice, a comma being preferred in many other cultures).
In the heading of a business memo.
Between the hour and the minutes when telling time.
Between chapter and verse in the Bible, between volume and number in publications, and between title and subtitle.


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