The colon is two dots, one over the other.

冒号是两个点，一个上，一个。

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

他们说短信的出现扼杀了逗号、冒号和省略号。

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

冒号前的子应该是一个独立的。

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

所以，就这个级别，我们可以添加一个 else 块，所以 else 冒号。

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

然后，“看见从未见过的景象”这一行后我们用了冒号。

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.

当第二个释第一个时，也可以两个独立之间使用冒号。

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

商务信函中，问候语后应使用冒号。私人信件中，问候语后加上逗号。

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

短一点的信息用逗号，长一点的用冒号，完整的子用号。

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

带冒号的第三中， 我们的意思是他的态度有问题。

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

这意味着您真正了冒号和号之间的区别。

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.

破折号可以用原本要用冒号的地方。

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，一个另一个之上。

And I'll just say something like x colon.

我只想说x冒号。

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

但我要保持简单，只说x冒号。

The colon gives a bigger pause than the comma.

冒号比逗号给出更大的停顿。

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。

A colon tells the reader that what follows is closely related to the preceding clause.

冒号告诉读者接来的内容与前面的子密切相关。

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

作者使用冒号方面也做得很好。