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Colons and Dashes

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What situations are colons used in?
Before a list

Before an explanation

Both must follow a complete sentence
Shortcut to see if a colon is wrong
Any answer that places the phrases: such as, insulting, and because before a colon is incorrect
Three major uses of dashes
Set off a non-essential clause

Introduce a list or explanation

Create a delibrate pause
Set off a non essential clause
Two dashes= two commas

"London-which is a very old city- has many new buildings
Before a list or explanation
Dash= colon

Photograph and filmaker George Picker chronicled a wide variety of artists- folk singers, jazz musicians and visual artists were all among his subject

The Amazon parrot does not make an ideal pet for most people- it requires much more attention and affection than many other animals do
Create a pause
Dramatic pause

"after eight hours of driving, we finally arrived home- and that was when we discovered that we had forgotten to close all the windows
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