colon

Liste, açıklama veya alıntı sunmak için kullanılan noktalama işareti (:)

A punctuation mark (:) used to introduce a list, explanation, or quotation.

• Use a colon before listing the ingredients.
• The sentence ended with a colon: three reasons followed.
• Academic writing conventions dictate that a colon should separate an independent clause from an explanatory list or elaboration.
• The editor corrected the manuscript by replacing the semicolon with a colon to properly introduce the quotation.
• Students often confuse when to use a colon versus a semicolon in formal essays and research papers.
• Style guides recommend placing a colon after phrases such as the following or as follows when enumerating items.

Kör bağırsaktan rektuma uzanan kalın bağırsağın ana kısmı

The main part of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum.

• The doctor examined her colon during the colonoscopy.
• Colon cancer screening is recommended after age 45.

Eş anlamlılar: large intestine, bowel