Hello, I am writing an essay and I have never known how to properly use colons and semicolons. I want to write that something is challenging, and then provide a list of three or four reasons (which will be complete sentences) why such thing is challenging. For example:
When thinking about making this concept a reality one faces many challenges, namely: (1) A tremendous amount of heterogeneous data is constantly being produced; (2) Such data’s origin could be unreliable and the data itself can be imprecise, so pre-processing of data is needed to remove inaccuracies and security measures should be provided; (3)...etc
Should I use a capital letter after the colon? What about the semicolons?
Thank you in advance.
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Welcome to the Forums. There is no need for capitalization after a colon or a semi-colon unless the word is a proper noun.
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Welcome to the Forums.
There is no need for capitalization after a colon or a semi-colon unless the word is a proper noun.
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