Colon (punctuation) Colon (punctuation) The colon ( : ) is a punctuation mark consisting of two equally sized dots centered on the same vertical line. A colon precedes an explanation or an enumeration, or list. A colon is also used with ratios, titles and subtitles of books, city and publisher in bibliographies, Biblical citations between chapter and verse, and for salutations business letters and other formal letter writing, and often to separate hours and minutes. The most common use of the colon is to inform the reader that what follows the colon proves, explains, defines, describes, or lists elements of what preceded
Slovene punctuation dash is still used when listing an alias after a full name, but only if this alias does not function as a surname. In these senses, a dash is a leaning punctuation mark. Similarly, a leaning dash is used in other instances where words are closely connected to one another and both parts are inflected. A dash also expresses the meaning of 'to' or 'up to' or 'until': A dash is used as the symbol for minus, although the separate minus sign is also used: Dashes may introduce lists. For example:<br> – prvi primer,<br> – drugi primer,<br> – tretji primer.