Punctuation

• Capital Letters
• Full Stops
• Commas
• Semicolons
• Colons
• Ellipsis

Colons

The colon ( : ) used in writing is spelled the same way as the colon you would find on an anatomy chart. However, they are worlds apart. In writing, colons are useful signposts for writing. Here are the ways in which they are used:

	to introduce a list or a quotation;
	to introduce a sentence element that explains or illustrates the preceding independent clause;
	between a title and its subtitle;
	not when a verb is used to introduce a list;
	not when a preposition is used to introduce a list;
	not when phrases such as like, including, such as and for example are used to introduce a list.