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Editor's Marks
1. Capitalization
2. Punctuation
2.1.-2 Periods
2.3. Commas
2.4. Exclamations
2.5. Questions
2.6. Ellipses
2.7. Hyphens
2.8. Dashes
2.9. Semicolons
2.10. Colons
2.11. Apostrophes
2.12. Quotations
2.13. Parentheses
3. Italics
4. Numbers
5. Sentences
6. Paragraphs
7. Agreements
8. Style
9. Usage
10. Spelling
10.2. Affixes & Joins
10.3. Contractions
10.4. Plurals
10.5. Commonly Misspelled Words
10.6. Homophones
Etymology
Word Searcher
Matrix Maker
IPA Chart
How To
Book Reviews
Thank You Letters
Personal Letter Format
2.10. Colons
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Use a colon (:) to add a list to a sentence.
I’m allergic to the rose family
:
apples, pears, peaches, plums, and cherries
.