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Colon usage in EnglishUsage of colon in English writingFull stop, double stop, period and colonCleaning up / formatting verbatim quotationsPresident Nixon declared “I am not a crook.”Usage of imagined content in direct speechQuotes, Italics, or Nothing? Introducing the concept of a type of listSemi-colon, colon or comma?Comma vs. Colon - single sentences?Sentence colon or comma













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I've seen two ways to introduce direction quotations:



1) The host made an announcement, "You are all staying for dinner."



2) The host made an announcement: "You are all staying for dinner."



Is one more correct than the other? Is it a matter of style? The only thing I can find on it is that if the quotation contains two or more sentences, most writers introduce it with a colon.






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    I've seen two ways to introduce direction quotations:



    1) The host made an announcement, "You are all staying for dinner."



    2) The host made an announcement: "You are all staying for dinner."



    Is one more correct than the other? Is it a matter of style? The only thing I can find on it is that if the quotation contains two or more sentences, most writers introduce it with a colon.






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      I've seen two ways to introduce direction quotations:



      1) The host made an announcement, "You are all staying for dinner."



      2) The host made an announcement: "You are all staying for dinner."



      Is one more correct than the other? Is it a matter of style? The only thing I can find on it is that if the quotation contains two or more sentences, most writers introduce it with a colon.






      commas quotations colon







      share|improve this question














      I've seen two ways to introduce direction quotations:



      1) The host made an announcement, "You are all staying for dinner."



      2) The host made an announcement: "You are all staying for dinner."



      Is one more correct than the other? Is it a matter of style? The only thing I can find on it is that if the quotation contains two or more sentences, most writers introduce it with a colon.






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