When offering a colon?It is usually used in a complex sentence, or where there are homogeneous members expressed by any part of speech.In this article we will talk about that when a colon.So, below is a list of rules that govern the setting of punctuation and specific examples.When a colon?
rules of the Russian language
1. In the event that after the author's words in a sentence is a direct question.Examples:
Approaching the counter, Alex said: "Give me, please, a carton of milk."
I thought, "Is it worth it to trust him?»
If the proposal is not in use and there is direct speech indirect (eg "I thought it would be nice to come in time" ), the colon is not used.Instead, he used associations and commas.
2. Colon put in when two sentences are combined into one without the help of the unions, and the second part reveals the meaning of the first.Example:
We finally came down from the mountain and looked: in front of us was the cleanest lake.
Two guards saw the thieves still fled.
3. Colon placed as if the proposal consists of several parts (composite).Here are two possible situations:
• The second part of the sentence reveals the meaning of the first.Example:
Elena was right: the only person who could stop him was his father.
Ivan did not trust him: afraid that Simon deceive him again.
• The second part describes the reason.Example:
I just do not trust you: you are always silent and was very cold.
4. When a colon?The sentence after the synthesis of speech and before listing anything which it ends.Example:
In this house lived all his family: mother, father, aunt, grandmother and mother-in-law.Her apartment was so clean that it seemed, shone everything: dishes, and mirrors, and even the floor.In this forest are found predators: wolves, foxes and bears.
5. The colon is placed in a sentence, if there is the transfer of something, but there is no generalizing words.Example:
sticking out from the bag: purse, documents, a comb and a passport.
From the apartment came out: a woman, a man and a child.
6. Colon is placed in the case of the transfer of something, the presence of generalizing words or the words "such as", "eg", "namely".Examples:
He had many plans for the near future, for example, buy a computer, go to relax and get married.
Eugene interested in information about the city of Astrakhan, namely, when it was founded, many residents live there and there are some attractions.
Other cases
In some cases, a colon else?
• In mathematics, as a sign of division.Example: 6: 3 = 2.
• in information technology in the marking of computer disks.Example: D: R: and so on.
Now you know when a colon, and you can safely use it.Often illiteracy or because of negligence instead of the punctuation mark may been used sign "dash."It is unacceptable violation of the Russian language.A division sign in mathematics may be referred to several options: 6/3 = 2 or 6: 3 = 2.
