Colons and semicolons

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Which is correct? Here’s one of our favorite technology ________ the parts of your computer that you can hit with a hammer are called hardware and the parts you can only curse at are called software. a. quotations; b. quotations:

Answer: b
Explanation: Use a colon to separate two parts of a sentence when the first part introduces the second part or the second part explains the first part.

Queen’s University provides a good explanation of when to use colons vs. semicolons.

Here’s the complete list of Our Favorite Technology Quotations.

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