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Punctuation

2. tags

commas, colons and semicolons

They found the missing phone, eventually.

3. inserters

Patrick, my best friend, lives beside me.

Commas

introducers

tags

4. lists

inserters

I saw monkeys, cheetahs, lions, and tigers.

lists

5. FANBOYS

fanboys

1. introducers

and

Today, we will go to school.

On the weekend, we went to the park.

I don't like pizza, nor do I like pasta.

Whenever I take the bus, I arrive on time.

semicolons

colons

between related independent clauses

He loves music; he plays the piano.

A colon instead of a semicolon may be used between independent clauses when the second sentence explains, illustrates, paraphrases, or expands on the first sentence.

He got what he worked for: he really earned that promotion.

between list items with commas

Let's visit Toledo, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Hamilton, Ontario.

colons

a list after a complete sentence

I like these colours: red, black, green, and pink.

before conjunctive adverbs

follows, following, as follows

He asked for the following: pizza and lasagne.

He lives in Canada; therefore, he can vote there.

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