OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film | "How to Use a Colon": Oregon State Guide to Grammar @SWLF | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 1 hour ago
This video explains what the colon means and how to implement it effectively into your writing. Written and performed by Senior Instructor Liz Delf, it is designed for high school and college students studying grammar, writing, or linguistics.
The School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University sponsors this series. For further explanations of grammar issues and writing tips, please subscribe to the free SWLF YouTube Channel or visit https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/oregon-state-guide-grammar-terms. In the comments section below, feel free to suggest other terms you would like us to cover. Liking, sharing, and commenting on these videos will help us to build a rich digital learning environment around grammar and language.
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This video explains what the colon means and how to implement it effectively into your writing. Written and performed by Senior Instructor Liz Delf, it is designed for high school and college students studying grammar, writing, or linguistics.
The School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University sponsors this series. For further explanations of grammar issues and writing tips, please subscribe to the free SWLF YouTube Channel or visit https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/oregon-state-guide-grammar-terms. In the comments section below, feel free to suggest other terms you would like us to cover. Liking, sharing, and commenting on these videos will help us to build a rich digital learning environment around grammar and language.
Below are a few more videos in this series. If there are topics you'd like to see us cover in the future, please let us know in the comments!
"What Is Grammar?": youtu.be/vZjNznvqgEs
"What Is a Noun?": youtu.be/0KxMjVcyS8M
"What Is a Verb?": youtu.be/u9zegJ84mYI
"What Is a Subject?": youtu.be/Kp65wGtoVF0
"What Is a Predicate?": youtu.be/MniZqFm-pe0
“What Is a Phrase?”: youtu.be/9TPo4jGtM8A
“What Is a Clause?”: youtu.be/_Qxq-S0DQrw
“When to Use Commas”: youtu.be/UWlVVlSYcTg
“When NOT to Use Commas”: youtu.be/boQahPvFOLo
“What Is the Oxford Comma (And Is It Really Optional)?”: youtu.be/yXJIkAOKxzU
"What Is Passive Voice?": youtu.be/ppBq_Ulrq3w
"What Is Parallelism?": youtu.be/UUaXS3k68kY
"What Is Gender-Neutral Language?": youtu.be/lyPtjrEIgEw
“What Are Dialects?”: youtu.be/TXtMB1vwVaM
“What Is Code-Meshing?”: youtu.be/FwFZ7FRcDJU
“What Is Singular They?”: youtu.be/jCkNtwSHNHk
“How to Use a Semicolon”: youtu.be/ZtyjVCdHFHU
“How to Use Apostrophes”: youtu.be/txSzXat3GM0
“What Is a Comma Splice?”: youtu.be/OTcvMKXEIus
“What Is Syntax?”: youtu.be/DrqILBzGZVE
"What Is Mood in Grammar?": youtu.be/s7-5-DtJf5E
"What Is (AND ISN'T) Standard Written English?": youtu.be/IVIK6PS8NEg
