The baseball coach claimed that his teams success stemmed from three things: solid hitting, consistent pitching, and good fielding.
The Marketplace has several specialties: a sliced roast beef dinner, a fried chicken strip dinner, a fresh salad bar, and several types of pasta.
The professors advice was straight to the point: I wont tolerate students who cant get to class on time.
Religion and politics can be touchy subjects: Many people hold opinionated views and are easily offended by other peoples remarks.
The local college had a nickname for their students that had amused the towns residents for years before the tornado made it appropriate: Gusties.
The preoccupied vandal didnt notice who was standing behind him: a smiling Safety and Security officer.
In his book, Language is Sermonic, Richard M. Weaver described how language may influence us:
Sophistications of theory cannot obscure the truth that there are but three ways for language to affect us. It can move us toward what is good; it can move us toward what is evil; or it can, in hypothetical third place, fail to move us at all. (60)
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Colons can also be used to:
- separate
titles and subtitles
William Shakespeare: The Greatest Playwright.
- express time
The robbery occurred at approximately 1:45 p. m. on Tuesday March 13, 1856.
- cite a legal or biblical passage
According to Minnesota penal code 1:49:S2, it is unlawful to feed licorice or peanut butter to goats.
According to John 3:16, God loved the world so much that he sacrificed his only son.
- end a salutation
To Whom it May Concern:
- separate the
place of publication and publisher in a bibliographic entry.
James, Gerald. How to Write Best Sellers. New York: Henry James Publishing,
1973.
Adapted from The Brief English Handbook by Edward A. Dornan and Charles W. Dawe.
