The colon as a separator

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The colon as a separator발음듣기

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

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

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

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The comma separates elements of a sentence.발음듣기

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

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So, let's look at some examples.발음듣기

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

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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

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And there will be a colon in between them.발음듣기

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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You can learn anything. Paige out.발음듣기

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