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For use with Technical Editing, 3rd ed.
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This presentation distinguishes colons from semicolons so that you can use them accurately in sentences.
The presentation reviews both grammatical and stylistic reasons for choosing colons or semicolons.
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In order to comprehend, readers need to see relationships. When punctuation separates parts that readers must comprehend as related, the punctuation interferes with comprehension.
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Do not use punctuation to separate parts of
sentences that belong together.
subject and verb
The manual, includes four chapters.
verb and object
The manual includes: four chapters.
preposition and object
The manual includes helpful topics, such as: page layout, color, and typography.
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The manual, includes four chapters.
The manual includes: four chapters.
The manual includes helpful topics, such as: page layout, color, and typography.
Such punctuation contributes nothing to comprehension and probably interferes.
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Do not use a colon between the verb and object or between preposition and object.
Ineffective
Citizenship requires: honesty and respect.
colon separates verb “requires” from object.
Use a title such as: Dr., Mrs., or Mr.
colon separates preposition “as” from object.
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Use a colon in a sentence before an embedded list only if the whole phrase or clause before the colon is complete (s-v-o).
Effective (the object precedes the colon; the thought is complete)
subject verb object
Research emphasizes three areas: stabilizing, improving, and upgrading.
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Connect parts of sentences that belong together. Don’t separate these parts with punctuation
subject-verb
verb-direct object
preposition-object
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Colons and semicolons are often (not always) interchangeable grammatically, but they communicate different meanings.
Choosing one or the other shapes a reader’s response.
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The colon communicates expectation. It signals a reader to look for additional clarifying information.
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The product designers stated three goals: [the reader wonders: what three goals?]
Our new model has great promise: in independent tests, it was faster than competing models.
[at the colon, the reader wonders: what is the promise? what is the evidence?]
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Use a colon when you could insert “namely” at the point of punctuation.
Use a colon when the second clause is more specific than the first clause.
The product designers stated three goals: [namely,…]
Our new model has great promise: [namely,…]
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The semicolon communicates balance. It links clauses that are closely related in
meaning but about equal in importance.
Test A measured seek time; Test B measured access time.
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Use a semicolon in compound sentences when there is no coordinating conjunction.
Some editors work best on hard copy; other editors prefer to work online.
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Sometimes use a semicolon in a complex series when some items in the series use commas.
The technical communicator needs subject-matter knowledge; skills with software and hardware; and ability to research, organize, and display information.
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Use punctuation to show relationships. Punctuation that separates things that
belong together (such as subject and verb, preposition and object) interferes with comprehension.
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Colon -- expectation Semicolon – balance
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