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** separate a list of IC's: | ** separate a list of IC's: | ||
*** as in "IC; IC; IC; IC." | *** as in "IC; IC; IC; IC." | ||
** separate a list of common examples | ** separate a list of common examples, usually following a colon | ||
*** as in, "IC: this; that; the other thing. | *** as in, "IC: this; that; the other thing." | ||
**** ex. "''On our trip, we will visit tons of places: in Africa, Egypt & Morrocco; in Europe, Greece and Italy; and in Asia, Turkey."'' | |||
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*** < this is very rare and we have only seen it on one SAT test (May 2022) | *** < this is very rare and we have only seen it on one SAT test (May 2022) | ||
click EXPAND to see what SEMICOLONS do & how to eliminate using the rule/s: | click EXPAND to see what SEMICOLONS do & how to eliminate using the rule/s: | ||
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*** or "''She knew''': that''' it was the right thing to do''" | *** or "''She knew''': that''' it was the right thing to do''" | ||
**** the colon here interrupts the requisite relative pronoun "that" and the clause it creates | **** the colon here interrupts the requisite relative pronoun "that" and the clause it creates | ||
** have multiple colons in a sentence | |||
click EXPAND to see what COLONS do & how to eliminate using the rule/s: | click EXPAND to see what COLONS do & how to eliminate using the rule/s: | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> | ||