A COLON signifies that what follows it expands on or explains what precedes it: This sentence is an example.
@ 기본원리: 한 문장이 리스트를 동반할 때, 그 문장 뒤에 콜론을 써라.
BAD: Lyn was worried about Red for several reasons. Red was sneezing, Red's eyes were running, Red's nose was hot, and Red was drooping around the house.
GOOD: Although she had planned to take Red to the vet, Lyun decided to wait because she saw good signs: Red greeted her by rolling in the dirt; Red remembered how to purr; and Red left a shrew for her on the deck, so she figured he couldn't be all that sick.
BAD: This tutorial assumes that you know the basic techniques needed to use a Macintosh computer, how to point and click, how to double-click, and how to drag an object using the mouse.
GOOD: This book does not assume that you know the basic skills needed to write a manuscript: how to form a sentence, how to use words correctly and precisely, and how to laugh at your own errors.
@ 기본원리: 한 문장을 뒤에 나오는 text (문장이든 아니든)가 further explain할 때 콜론을 사용하라. 이 때, 마침표나 대쉬(-)나 세미콜론도 좋은데, 좀 다른 의미를 가질 수 있다.
GOOD: Lyn could tell that BB was going into heat*.* BB had been howling and yowling the entire night through.
마침표 좋다. 세미콜론은 두 문장을 연결하면서(yoke) 더많은 정보를 전달한다.
뒤의 문장이 앞의 문장을 설명하기 때문에 콜론도 맞다.
GOOD: Nicola was pleased that she had succeeded in her goal - making it through the first term.
대쉬도 좋지만, 콜론이 좀더 preferable하다.
GOOD: Greg wa happy with his talk because the audience clearly responded well. He received a standing ovation.
마침표도 좋지만, 콜론이 좀더 preferable하다.
SPLENDID: Greg and Nicola were delighted with the cottage because it had one exceptional feature: an apricot tree laden with fruit.
콜론이 맞다.
@ 기본원리: 콜론 다음에 '문장'이 나오면 대문자로 시작하라.
GOOD: Soren was fiddling in the kitchen once again: *This* time, he was replacing the spark plugs and fixing the heater coil.
@ 기본원리: 문장이 끝나지 않은 상태에서 콜론을 사용하지 마라.
BAD: Jeff's few items of furniture were limited to: a couch, a chair, and a bed. |
