The colon is two dots, one over the other.

冒号是两个点，一个在上，一个在下。

They say that the emergence of text messaging is killing off commas, colons and apostrophes.

他们的出现扼杀逗号、冒号和省略号。

The part of the sentence before the colon should be an independent clause.

冒号前的句子应该是一个独立的分句。

Then, we have a use the colon and saw what I never had seen.

然后，在“看见从未见过的景象”这一行后我们用冒号。

So, right at this level we can add an else block, so else colon.

所以，就在这个级别，我们可以添加一个 else 块，所以 else 冒号。

So, when the colon is used in this way, it makes the reader eagerly anticipate what comes next.

因此，当冒号以这种方式使用时，它使读者热切地期待接下来的内容。

You can also use a colon between two independent clauses when the second one explains the first.

当第二个分句解释第一个分句时，也可以在两个独立分句之间使用冒号。

Punctuation is a little different: in business letters, you should use a colon after the greeting.

在商务函中，问候语后应使用冒号。在私人件中，在问候语后加上逗号。

Colons isolate words to create emphasis.

冒号分隔单词以强调。

A colon is 58 and a closed parenthesis is 41.

冒号是 58，右括号是 41。

A dash can be used where you would otherwise use a colon.

破折号可以用在原本要用冒号的地方。

And I'll just say something like x colon.

我只想x冒号。

The colon gives a bigger pause than the comma.

冒号比逗号给出更大的停顿。

It means you really understand the difference between colons and semicolons.

这意味着您真正解冒号和分号之间的区别。

A short unit of text was a comma, a longer unit was a colon, and a complete sentence was a periodos.

一点的息用逗号，长一点的用冒号，完整的句子用句号。

But I'm going to keep it simple and just say x colon.

但我要保持简单，只x冒号。

A colon, as a punctuation mark, is two dots, one on top of the other.

冒号作为标点符号，是两个点，一个在另一个之上。

The author also did a nice job of using a colon.

作者在使用冒号方面也做得很好。

Often he indicates the placement of colons and other punctuation as well.

他经常指出冒号和其他标点符号的位置。

In the third sentence with the colon, we mean that the problem is his attitude.

在带冒号的第三句中， 我们的意思是他的态度有问题。