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Clyde1
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Colons are used for many varied purposes in grammar, math and computers. Wikipedia has a discussion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_(punctuation)
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you use it to denote that a list is coming up, as in "Please pick up the following groceries: milk, eggs, bread and cheese" ... but it is used immediately after a VERB or a PREPOSITION, such as "Please go: swimming, hiking and camping at: the park, the mountains, or the lake."
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