What does colon-point mean?
Colon-point means (typography, obsolete) Synonym of colon ⟨:⟩..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(typography, obsolete) Synonym of colon ⟨:⟩..
Whoever introduced the several points, it seems that a full-point, a point called come, answering to our colon-point, a point called virgil answering to our comma-point, the parenthesis-points and interrogative-point, were used at the close of the fourteenth, or beginning of the fifteenth century.
Use colon-point when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Colon-point means (typography, obsolete) Synonym of colon ⟨:⟩..
Common synonyms include colon ⟨.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Whoever introduced the several points, it seems that a full-point, a point called come, answering to our colon-point, a point called virgil answering to our comma-point, the parenthesis-points and interrogative-point, were used at the close of the fourteenth, or beginning of the fifteenth century.
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