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Colon
A colon points forward to what follows. It is commonly used before a list. It is also appropriately used to introduce a quotation.
Example
Please send me the following books: James Cook’s Voyages, Gallipoli, and Alice in Wonderland.
The Macquarie Dictionary defines an “association” in the following terms:
- an organization of people with a common purpose. 2. the act of associating …
