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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Such as

A subordinate clause usually begins with a subordinate conjunction, such as:
  • although
  • because
  • even though
  • despite
  • when
  • Please explain the use of ":" and comma before "such as"
  

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We can use 'such as' to introduce an example or examples of something we mention. We normally use a comma before 'such as' when we present a list of examples. EXAMPLE Mary loves many colors, such as: Blue Pink Purple We use the colon " : " before a list

  • We can use 'such as' to introduce an example or examples of something we mention.
  • We normally use a comma before 'such as' when we present a list of examples.
  • EXAMPLE Mary loves many colors, such as: Blue Pink Purple We use the colon " : " before a list
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We can use 'such as' to introduce an example or examples of something we mention. We normally use a comma before 'such as' when we present a list of examples.

EXAMPLE

Mary loves many colors, such as:

Blue

Pink

Purple

We use the colon " : " before a list

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The writer is using a comma to tell the reader to pause for a moment to think about what has just been said.

The writer is using the colon to introduce a list.

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