Colons English Grammar Punctuation Colons Questions How do you use a colon in a sentence? Does anyone know the proper usage for the semicolon and the colon? Question #9242b Is it grammatically correct to use a colon after an incomplete sentence? Is it correct to use it after the word "because"? Punctuation View all chapters Periods Commas Semicolons Colons Quotation Marks Parentheses and Brackets Apostrophes Hyphens Dashes Ellipses Question Marks Exclamation Points Other Punctuation Prev Next