I’ve seen two ways to introduce direction quotations: 1) The host made an announcement, “You are all staying for dinner.” 2) The host made an announcement: “You are all staying for dinner.” Is one more correct than the other? Is it a matter of style? The only thing I can find on it is that … Read more
I want to say in contrast, X expression is elevated in only pancreas tissue and Y expression is elevated in only pituitary tissue. Can I write something like this? In contrast, X and Y expression elevated in only in one tissue: pancreas, pituitary. Answer Yes, you can use a colon to present the two types … Read more
Moth-like, the people buzzed about: walking, driving, directing— each to their own light. I’m not sure whether each comma, colon, dash and hyphen are used correctly here. Please help! Also, this is my first question here (or at least, I think so— I have the memory of a goldfish with Alzheimer’s) so please be gentle! … Read more
Examples often feel detached from the text if I introduce them after a full stop, so I’m looking for different ways of introducing them. I throught of introducing an example after a colon, because the text that comes after a colon is supposed to explain or expand upon the text that came before the colon. … Read more
The designer envisions the game’s fundamental elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. A) NO CHANGE B) elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique— C) elements—the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique— D) … Read more
What is the purpose of colon “:” in this sentence “everyone: and reason”? “The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that, being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another … Read more
I am trying to write the following sentence: “There are some objectives we cannot miss in any visualization library, which are: performance: high-level abstraction may limit the user’s …, debugging: trial and error is a fundamental part …” I kinda feel I have improper use of the colon “which are:” since I have a second … Read more
I ask this in the context of comments in computer programming which are written in plain English. For this question, I require a colon at the end of every comment that is a heading of code. Now, if the heading consists of multiple sentences and I don’t want to use a semicolon, is this considered … Read more
I have the following sentence: The program identifies particular “targets” and “identifiers:” the “targets” are people who are suspected of committing a crime. Does the colon go inside the quotes or outside of them? Answer While my edition (14th) of CMOS is getting long in the tooth, I don’t believe the guidance has changed: 5.104 … Read more
I have the following sentence: The company will be oriented towards the development of three types of products: video games, video animations and digital marketing for which it will make use of a flexible and easy-to-grow type of organization. I feel there is a grammatical error in terms of how the colon is implemented. Answer … Read more
