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0008 Understand and Apply Knowledge of Mechanical Conventions in Edited English in the United States
Recognize Instances in which Incorrect or Extraneous Punctuation Has Been Used or Necessary Punctuation Has Been Omitted
Use a colon in the following situations:
- Before a list
Example: The following students will audition for the play: John, Cynthia, Ted, Nadine, and Terry.
- Before a formal quotation
Example: Patrick Henry made his stand very clear: "Give me liberty, or give me death."
- Before an explanation or example
Example: The course gave me a great deal of trouble: hundreds of pages of reading, many papers, and essay tests.
- Before a long question
Example: The jurors knew that they had a difficult problem to solve: Was the accused at the scene of the crime or was his shaky alibi believable?
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