{"id":62,"date":"2019-12-07T11:35:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T11:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/coreqenglish1\/chapter\/outcome-semicolons-and-colons\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T22:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T22:23:43","slug":"outcome-semicolons-and-colons","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/chapter\/outcome-semicolons-and-colons\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Semicolons and Colons","rendered":"Introduction to Semicolons and Colons"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do: examine the use of semicolons and colons<\/h2>\r\n\"Decorative\r\n\r\nSemicolons and colons are like siblings: they look and sound alike, but they act very differently.\r\n\r\nThe semicolon is a connector, holding elements together, while the colon is a signpost, pointing readers to something important.\r\n\r\nThese powerful punctuation marks are handy tools for writers because they can replace words, making a piece of writing more concise, crisp, and readable.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do: examine the use of semicolons and colons<\/h2>\n

\"Decorative<\/p>\n

Semicolons and colons are like siblings: they look and sound alike, but they act very differently.<\/p>\n

The semicolon is a connector, holding elements together, while the colon is a signpost, pointing readers to something important.<\/p>\n

These powerful punctuation marks are handy tools for writers because they can replace words, making a piece of writing more concise, crisp, and readable.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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