: good job, good wife, and
amazing children.
We need a candidate with the qualities of
: knowledge of
Microsoft Office Access, programming software, and critical
reasoning skills.
Do not use a colon if it does not follow a complete statement.
For example:
Incorrect: If you want your readers to understand your content, and ensure
your supervisor awards you a good grade, you should
: (1)
write legibly, (2) support your points with facts, and (3) cite
relevant examples.
Correct:
If you want your readers to understand your content, and ensure
your supervisor awards you a good grade, you should (1) write
legibly, (2) support your points with facts, and (3) cite relevant
examples.
You can use a colon to replace a semicolon when you have two clauses with
one clause explaining the other without the use of the conjunction “and.”
I love vacations: traveling to Paris in France is my favorite.
In a sentence,
if just a clause follows the colon, do not capitalize the first letter immediately after the colon. But if there are more than two sentences
still explaining the same point and not joined with a conjunction, you should
capitalize the first letter immediately after the colon and also capitalize the
sentence next. Check the examples below;
He just realized after a decade, how bad he is at mathematics
: he doesn’t know what one plus one is equal to.
He just realized after a decade, how bad his spoken English had
been
: He doesn’t understand why “give him him book” is wrong
and “give her her book” is right.
He also doesn’t know the rules
