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  1. = colon =
    1. A punctuation mark ( used after a word introducing a quotation, an explanation, an example, or a series and often after the salutation of a business letter.
    2. The sign ( used between numbers or groups of numbers in expressions of time (2:30 A.M.) and ratios (1:2).
  2. = semicolon =

---used to connect independent clauses and indicating a closer relationship between the clauses than a period does.

comma

  1. Grammar. A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within the structure of a sentence.
  2. A pause or separation; a caesura.
  3. Any of several butterflies of the genus Polygonia,having wings with brownish coloring and irregularly notched edges.
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