Punctuation

• 2. Use a colon before a long quotation:
• Abraham Lincoln said: "Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
• Use a colon before a part of a sentence that restates the subject of the sentence:
• Only one certain means exists to make a small fortune from horse racing: start with an extremely large one.
• 4. Use a colon after the salutation of a business letter
• Dear Chancellor: