The colon as a separator

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The colon as a separator발음듣기

[Voiceover] Hello grammarians. So today we're gonna talk about third and final function of the colon.발음듣기

So this final function of the colon is that it can be used as a separator.발음듣기

So it might sound like we're talking about the comma again, right?발음듣기

The comma separates elements of a sentence.발음듣기

But the colon does it in kind of a different way.발음듣기

So, let's look at some examples.발음듣기

So one common use of the colon as a separator is in titles.발음듣기

So you can have two separate parts of the title, or like a title and a subtitle for a book or a movie or a TV show.발음듣기

And there will be a colon in between them.발음듣기

We can have something like Bear Man: Adventures in Alaska.발음듣기

Another common use of the colon as a separator is in citations from a book or a poem, and pretty often the Bible.발음듣기

For example, we can use it to separate the number of a Bible chapter from the number of the verse.발음듣기

If we want to reference First Corinthians, Chapter 13, Verse four, we can write it like One Corinthians 13 colon four.발음듣기

Finally, we can use the colon to separate the hour from the minutes in the time of day.발음듣기

If I want to tell someone what time it is, I can say it is now ten-oh-nine AM.발음듣기

And between the ten, which is the hour of the day, and oh-nine, which is the minutes, we put a colon.발음듣기

So that's how the colon works as a separator.발음듣기

We can use it in titles, citations, and times.발음듣기

You can learn anything. Paige out.발음듣기

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