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Punctuation mark with two dots (:)
The colon, :, is a punctuation mark consisting of two equally sized dots aligned vertically. A colon often precedes an explanation, a list, or a quoted
Colon_(punctuation)
Letter used in some languages for vowel length or tone
(U+003A : COLON). In Windows and macOS, the letter colon can be used to emulate the punctuation colon in file names, where the punctuation colon is a reserved
Colon_(letter)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up colon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Colon commonly refers to: Colon (punctuation) (:), a punctuation mark Colon (anatomy), a major part
Colon
Topics referred to by the same term
"(character)" may refer to: (character): Space (punctuation) _ (character): Underscore : (character): Colon (punctuation) Character (disambiguation) Character (symbol)
(character)
Punctuation mark (;)
The semicolon ; (or semi-colon) is a symbol commonly used as orthographic punctuation. In the English language, a semicolon is most commonly used to link
Semicolon
Marks to indicate pacing of written text
semicolon, two is the amount; A colon doth require the time of three; The period four, as learned men agree. The use of punctuation was not standardised until
Punctuation
Topics referred to by the same term
computer programming languages Colon (punctuation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Double colon. If an internal link incorrectly
Double_colon
System of library classification
of colons to separate facets into classes. Many other classification schemes, some of which are unrelated, also use colons and other punctuation to perform
Colon_classification
Punctuation to signal the end of a sentence (.)
script uses the ։ (վերջակետ, verdjaket). It looks similar to the colon (:). Punctuation used with Chinese characters (and in Japanese) often includes U+3002
Full_stop
not a native Japanese punctuation mark, the colon is sometimes used, especially in academic writing. As in English, the colon is commonly used in Japanese
Japanese_punctuation
Punctuation of writing as used in the English language
Punctuation in the English language helps the reader to understand a sentence through visual means other than just the letters of the alphabet. English
English_punctuation
Punctuation used with Chinese characters
Chinese punctuation is the punctuation system used in writing of Chinese. The standard in all Sinophone regions, including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong
Chinese_punctuation
Obsolete typographical construction
Houston reported that this form of punctuation doubling, which involved the comma dash ,— , the semicolon dash ;— , the colon dash or "dog's bollocks" :—
Compound_point
Relationship between two numbers of the same kind
form A:B, the two-dot character is sometimes the colon punctuation mark. In Unicode, this is U+003A : COLON, although Unicode also provides a dedicated ratio
Ratio
Topics referred to by the same term
The term two dots or double dot may refer to: Colon (punctuation), the punctuation mark (:) Two dots (diacritic), a mark used with a base letter to indicate
Two_dots
Blank area that separates text
interpunct-like or a colon-like punctuation mark to separate words. There are two Unicode characters dedicated for this: U+16EB ᛫ RUNIC SINGLE PUNCTUATION and U+16EC
Space_(punctuation)
Vietnamese punctuation (Vietnamese: chấm câu) refers to the usage of punctuation marks in Vietnamese texts. Historically, the Vietnamese language was
Vietnamese_punctuation
Punctuation conventions of the Hebrew language over time
Hebrew punctuation is similar to that of English and other Western languages, Modern Hebrew having imported additional punctuation marks from these languages
Hebrew_punctuation
Topics referred to by the same term
(name), a surname and given name the plural of Colon (rhetoric), a rhetorical figure, or of Colon (punctuation) Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Roman
Cola_(disambiguation)
Typographical symbol
colon, but with larger dots: U+1361 ፡ ETHIOPIC WORDSPACE. (For example ገድለ፡ወለተ፡ጴጥሮስ). Starting in the late 19th century the use of such punctuation has
Middle_dot
Writing system
of the generic colon punctuation) is used to extend vowel length. It is a non-original character. A colon may also be used as punctuation; if it occurs
Sunuwar_alphabet
Punctuation or diacritical mark (')
/ /, and [ ] are used here, see this page. The apostrophe (’, ') is a punctuation mark and sometimes a diacritical mark in languages that use the Latin
Apostrophe
Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to
List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks
List_of_typographical_symbols_and_punctuation_marks
Long horizontal line punctuation mark
The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from
Dash
Dutch public-service broadcaster
branding consists of their acronym in lower case ("ntr") followed by a colon punctuation mark (":"). Its mission, as stated from its Business Plan of 2010:
NTR_(broadcaster)
2013 video game
Type:Rider is a puzzle-platform video game in which the player controls a colon punctuation mark through ten worlds based on existing typefaces from different
Type:Rider
homographs in English although they were distinct roots in Greek: colon 'punctuation mark' (κώλον) vs. 'part of intestine' (κόλον); coma 'unconsciousness'
English_words_of_Greek_origin
Unicode character block
(SMP): U+12000–U+123FF Cuneiform U+12400–U+1247F Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation U+12480–U+1254F Early Dynastic Cuneiform U+12550–U+1268F Archaic Cuneiform
Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation
Cuneiform_Numbers_and_Punctuation
Mathematical symbol
symbol. Other symbols for division include the slash or solidus /, the colon :, and the fraction bar (the horizontal bar in a vertical fraction). The
Division_sign
Fictional organization from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel series
seriously. He might be related to Sergeant Doppelpunkt (German for the punctuation mark colon), half of the town watch in Bad Blintz, Überwald, (The Amazing Maurice
Ankh-Morpork_City_Watch
Indicates an intentional reproduction in quotation
no punctuation, for example no colon, before the correct form when using recte. A third alternative is to follow an error with sic, a comma or colon, "read"
Sic
Grammatically correct sentence demonstrating lexical ambiguity
of the information parts carried along with the punctuation markes [sic]: a period, a dash, a colon, a semicolon or a comma may signal different degrees
James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher
James_while_John_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_a_better_effect_on_the_teacher
Spelling and punctuation of the French language
mark, semicolon, colon, percentage mark, currency symbols, hash, and guillemet all require a narrow no-break space between the punctuation mark and the material
French_orthography
Punctuation in the Slovene language
question marks (?), exclamation marks (!), commas (,), semicolons (;), colons (:), dashes (–), hyphens (-), ellipses (...), different types of inverted
Slovene_punctuation
Substituting rare characters with more common characters
non-Latin letters and symbols with similar grapheme. U+003A : COLON – see Colon (punctuation). U+003C < LESS-THAN SIGN and U+003E > GREATER-THAN SIGN: chevrons ⟨ ⟩
Typographic_approximation
Alphabet used to write the Armenian language
Latin colon) is used as the ordinary full stop, and placed at the end of the sentence (many texts in Armenian replace the verjaket by the Latin colon as
Armenian_alphabet
Punctuation mark (!)
mark, !, (also known as the exclamation point in American English) is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection, an exclamation, or a noise to
Exclamation_mark
ASCII representation format for ancient Greek
interpreted as a final sigma at the end of words or when followed by punctuation, and as a medial sigma in other positions. In cases where this auto-disambiguation
Beta_Code
Glyph that separates written words
U+003A : COLON U+2E31 ⸱ WORD SEPARATOR MIDDLE DOT U+1361 ፡ ETHIOPIC WORDSPACE U+10FB ჻ GEORGIAN PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR U+2056 ⁖ THREE DOT PUNCTUATION — linguist
Word_divider
2003 non-fiction book on punctuation by Lynne Truss
plays. There is one chapter each on apostrophes; commas; semicolons and colons; exclamation marks, question marks and quotation marks; italic type, dashes
Eats,_Shoots_&_Leaves
followed by the nose (often omitted) and then the mouth. Typically, a colon is used for the eyes of a face, unless winking, in which case a semicolon
List_of_emoticons
Form of literary device
be employed to reinforce a central idea by eradicating the use of semi-colons, periods, or commas which may distract the reader. Enjambment is also employed
Poetic_device
System of writing the Silesian language
a, i, abo ani when the subject of all verbs in the clause are the same Colons <:> are to be used After the name of a quoted word before the quotation
Silesian_orthography
Punctuation mark with various forms
terminal punctuation should be written inside or outside the quotation marks. North American printing usually puts full stops and commas (but not colons, semicolons
Quotation_mark
Sequence of characters that identifies a location within source code
labels take the form of an identifier, often followed by a punctuation character (e.g., a colon). In many high-level languages, the purpose of a label is
Label_(computer_science)
Alphabet used for writing the Gothic language
as ï (used at the start of a word or syllable); the interpunct (·) and colon (:) as well as overlines to indicate sigla (such as xaus for xristaus) and
Gothic_alphabet
Typographical symbol (*)
English-language typography the asterisk is placed after all other punctuation marks (for example, commas, colons, or periods) except for the dash. Three spaced asterisks
Asterisk
Tactile writing system
stenographies that are less commonly used. In addition to braille text (letters, punctuation, contractions), it is also possible to create embossed illustrations
Braille
Punctuation mark (,)
The comma , is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in different languages. Some typefaces render it as a small line, slightly curved or
Comma
Writing system of Modern Greek
thavmastikó) is mostly used as in English. The hyphen, the brackets, the colon, the ellipsis and the slash are also in use. The slash has the additional
Greek_orthography
Topics referred to by the same term
It is used as: Semicolon, a punctuation mark Greek question mark Semicolon (EP), also stylized as ; §== See also == Colon (disambiguation) This disambiguation
;_(disambiguation)
School district in Michigan, United States
County, it serves part of Wakeshma Township. The town of Colon is named after the punctuation mark, not the large intestine. The district mascot, the Magi
Colon_Community_Schools
Topics referred to by the same term
component of a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) — always preceded by a colon, as in scheme://authority… The abbreviated syntax for the "descendant-or-self"
//
Punctuation used to mark proper nouns in Chinese
and wrong answering, and it is not easy to understand the use of colon and punctuation of proper name mark. 由數學擬題探討國小高年級學童語文應用能力之現況 [A discussion of performance
Chinese punctuation for proper nouns
Chinese_punctuation_for_proper_nouns
Script used for languages in Ethiopia and Eritrea
letters. Punctuation, much of it modern, includes ፠ section mark ፡ word separator ። full stop (period) ፣ comma ፥ colon ፤ semicolon ፦ preface colon. Uses:
Geʽez_script
Typographic symbol
\{x|x<2\}} , read "the set of x such that x is less than two". Often, a colon ':' is used instead of a vertical bar the Sheffer stroke in logic: a | b
Vertical_bar
Unicode character block
U+007F, contains 128 characters and includes the C0 controls, ASCII punctuation and symbols, ASCII digits, both the uppercase and lowercase of the English
Basic_Latin_(Unicode_block)
Usage of punctuation
unless it is immediately followed by other punctuation within the sentence, such as a colon or closing punctuation. (These exceptions are ignored by some
Quotation_marks_in_English
ASCII Punctuation & Symbols are also sometimes referred to as ASCII special characters. Often only these characters (and not other Unicode punctuation) are
List_of_Unicode_characters
Indo-European language
question mark is written as the English semicolon, while the functions of the colon and semicolon are performed by a raised point (•), known as the ano teleia
Greek_language
4th-century handwritten Bible copy in Greek
changes of pitch or emphasis). A variety of types of punctuation are used: high and middle points; colon; diaeresis on initial iota and upsilon; a few ligatures
Codex_Sinaiticus
West Germanic language
RP, vowel length is phonemic; long vowels are marked with a triangular colon ⟨ː⟩ in the table above, such as the vowel of need [niːd] as opposed to bid
English_language
Abbreviation consisting of initial letters of a phrase
previously been marked by a wide variety of punctuation. Obsolete forms include using an overbar or colon to show the ellipsis of letters following the
Acronym
Pictorial representation of a facial expression
of the colon in the poem was deliberate and if it was meant to represent a smiling face. English professor Alan Jacobs argued that "punctuation, in general
Emoticon
a question. The exclamation mark (！) is restricted to informal writing. Colons and semicolons are available but are not common in ordinary text. Quotation
Japanese_writing_system
Writing system
traditional Chinese: 《蒙漢合璧五方元音》 Chinese: 《五方元音》 When written between words, punctuation marks use space on both sides of them. They can also appear at the very
Mongolian_script
Braille alphabet of the Kyrgyz language
an apparent copy error for ⠊ и, ⠒, which duplicates the Kyrgyz Braille colon. Though perhaps just coincidence, the letter ү may be an exception, as it
Kyrgyz_Braille
Morse code variant used on landline telegraph systems in the U.S.
▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ (SI) Quotation mark (close) ["] ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄ ▄ ▄▄ ▄ ▄▄ ▄ (QJ) Colon [:] ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄ ▄ ▄▄ ▄ ▄ (KEE)
American_Morse_code
Writing of the Yiddish language
greater difficulty in other regards). The punctuation marks used to indicate sentence structure—the comma, period, colon, and semicolon—are the same in Yiddish
Yiddish_orthography
Abugida script used for the Saurashtra language
superscript number for the consonants ka, ca, Ta, ta and pa and adding a colon to na, ma, ra, and la for aspirated forms, which are peculiar to the Saurashtra
Saurashtra_script
Form of the Latin script used to write Czech language
masculine inanimate & feminine > neuter The use of the full stop (.), the colon (:), the semicolon (;), the question mark (?) and the exclamation mark (
Czech_orthography
List of interlinear glossing abbreviations
guny-bi-yarluga (2du›3sg-fut-poke) "(who) do you two want to spear?" A colon is used by some authors: 1s:sg, 2du:3sg-fut-poke. : [optional in place of
List of glossing abbreviations
List_of_glossing_abbreviations
Extinct Karluk Turkic language
pronouns have suffixes added to end of verbs as conjugation. Below are some punctuation marks associated with Chagatai. Also spelled Chagatay, Chaghatai, Jaghatai
Chagatai_language
Constructed logography used for Toki Pona
represents the next mora of the word, and a colon represents all morae of the word. Sitelen Pona punctuation is unstandardized and thus highly variable
Sitelen_Pona
Set of scripts for the Bamum language of Cameroon
are ɲʒūə, read as /j/, and ɔ̄, read as /ə/. The script has distinctive punctuation, including a 'capitalization' mark (nʒɛmli), visually similar to an inverted
Bamum_script
Script used for writing the Coptic language
alphabet punctuation (comma, period, question mark, semicolon, colon, hyphen) uses the regular Unicode codepoints for punctuation Dicolon: standard colon U+003A
Coptic_script
Abugida used to write Bengali
adopted from western scripts and their usage is similar: Commas, semicolons, colons, quotation marks, etc. are the same as in English. Capital letters are absent
Bengali_alphabet
Ways to convert text between Hindi and Urdu language
Script Question Mark Comma Semi-colon Slash Percent Period End of verse Modern Devanagari ? , ; / % । ॥ Perso-Arabic ؟ ، ؛ ؍ ٪ ۔
Hindi–Urdu_transliteration
Script for writing Luo languages
different punctuation marks. Some did not even have any punctuation at all. In the Luo system commas, full-stops, slash, colon, semi-colon, question marks
Luo_script
Data-interchange format
brackets and use commas to separate each pair, while within each pair, the colon ":" character separates the key or name from its value. null: an empty value
JSON
Book name and chapter and verse of the Bible
A common format for biblical citations is Book chapter:verses, using a colon to delimit chapter from verse, as in: "In the beginning, God created the
Bible_citation
How clauses compose sentences in grammar and syntax
coordinating conjunction, a semicolon that functions as a conjunction, a colon instead of a semicolon between two sentences when the second sentence explains
Sentence_clause_structure
Braille system for Standard Chinese
⠓⠙⠕⠫⠐⠀⠼⠐⠀⠼⠰⠂ Xiàngqián, xiàngqián, xiàngqián! 向前， 向前， 向前！ Chinese braille punctuation is based on that of French Braille, but they are generally split between
Two-cell_Chinese_Braille
Spoken alphabet for radio communication
Board (CCEB) has code words for punctuation, including those in the table below. Others are: "colon", "semi-colon", "exclamation mark", "question mark"
NATO_phonetic_alphabet
Keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets
and a period. A semicolon (;) was produced by printing a comma (,) over a colon (:). As the backspace key is slow in simple mechanical typewriters (the
QWERTY
Braille alphabet of the Portuguese language
slight modification of the accented letters and some differences in punctuation. The French Braille letters for vowels with a grave accent in print tend
Portuguese_Braille
Abugida script for the Khmer language
modifications in pronunciation. The script also includes its own numerals and punctuation marks. The Khmer script was adapted from the Pallava script, used in
Khmer_script
Data organized by tags but not tables
to a standard key-value format that includes a field name followed by a colon that serves as a delimiter. GeoJSON is a standard for encoding geographic
Semi-structured_data
Writing system developed in 9th century Bulgaria
resembling a colon, used in the same way ჻ Georgian paragraph separator (U+10FB), used to mark off larger divisions ⁖ triangular colon (U+2056, added
Early_Cyrillic_alphabet
Written form of communication among businesses and between businesses and individuals
generally followed by a comma in British style, whereas in the United States a colon is used in formal contexts and a comma otherwise. The valediction or closing
Business_letter
American writer (1933–2023)
violence, and his writing style is characterized by a sparse use of punctuation and attribution. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American
Cormac_McCarthy
Yemenite Jewish tradition of orthography in a Torah scroll
practice had been rendered valid by Rabbi Isaac ben Sheshet and Rabbi Joseph Colon. Nevertheless, the old practice in Yemen of slightly joining the leg of
Torah_scroll_(Yemenite)
Rendering Greek in Latin characters
Hellenistic period, a variety of symbols arose for punctuation or editorial marking; such punctuation (or the lack thereof) are variously romanized, inserted
Romanization_of_Greek
Transmission of language with brief pulses
one accented Latin letter É, the Indo-Arabic numerals 0 to 9, and some punctuation and messaging procedural signals (prosigns). There is no distinction
Morse_code
Unicode code point property names and their uses
isolated X, vertical X, etc. gc = general category [letter, symbol, digit, punctuation, case behaviour, etc.] nv = numeric type and value [of a digit]. If numeric
Unicode_character_property
Arrangement of keys on a typographic keyboard
semi-colon key is accompanied by a colon symbol on the top. To type a semi-colon, the key is pressed without pressing any other key. To type a colon, both
Keyboard_layout
Method of systematically organizing knowledge
materials. In the Colon Classification system, a book is assigned a set of values from each independent facet. This facet formula uses punctuation marks and symbols
Faceted_classification
Film by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
the same title as the first film, because the producers felt adding a "colon title" such as Exorcist II: The Heretic would be less reverential. In April
The_Thing_(2011_film)
Orthography of the Esperanto language
twenty-eight letters, with upper and lower case. This is supplemented by punctuation marks and by various logograms, such as the digits 0–9, currency signs
Esperanto_orthography
Orthography used in writing the German language
at the beginning of sentences (may be used after a colon, when the part of a sentence after the colon can be treated as a sentence); in the formal pronoun
German_orthography
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