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Unit: Punctuation: the colon, semicolon, and more

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Colons and semicolons are two valuable pieces of punctuation that separate sentence elements from each other. Learn more about how to use them here!

Introduction to colons

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Introduction to colonsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Introduction to semicolons

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Introduction to semicolonsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Using semicolons and commasGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Using semicolons and colonsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

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Formatting styles

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Italics, underlines, and quotation marksGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Introduction to parenthesesGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Hyphens, dashes, and ellipses

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Introduction to dashesGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Dashes and hyphensGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Introduction to ellipsesGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

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