Timeline for Are modern authors still using colons and semicolons in dialogue?
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| Apr 9, 2019 at 9:29 | comment | added | user | You could probably avoid the need for the bullet point list by simply removing the words "the following colours", making the sentence something along the lines of "Hey Joe, we offer Gray, Blue, and Yellow." Alternatively, "Hey Joe, we offer Light Gray, Dark Gray, California Orange, and Citrus Yellow." | |
| Oct 28, 2014 at 14:06 | history | edited | Sebastian Mach | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 28, 2014 at 14:05 | comment | added | Sebastian Mach | @MiraAstar: I'll refine my example in that regard. | |
| Oct 28, 2014 at 13:19 | comment | added | MiraAstar | In your second example, commas would be used to separate items in a list. Semi-colons are only used in a list to avoid confusion in the case of there already being commas in the items listed. | |
| Oct 28, 2014 at 13:15 | review | First posts | |||
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| Oct 28, 2014 at 13:13 | history | answered | Sebastian Mach | CC BY-SA 3.0 |