Colon (punctuation)
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.
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Examples
- The United Kingdom comprises four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- Speech is silver: silence is golden.
- She hadn't eaten since breakfast: she'd worked through her lunch break.
