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the colons and the dashes vs the colons and dashes

Both are correct, but they're used in different contexts. 'The colons and the dashes' is used when you want to emphasize each punctuation mark separately, while 'the colons and dashes' is used when you're referring to both types of punctuation marks collectively.
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Last updated: June 06, 2024

the colons and the dashes

This phrase is correct and commonly used when you want to emphasize each punctuation mark separately.

This phrase is used when you want to refer to colons and dashes separately, emphasizing each punctuation mark individually.
  • It regulates the colon and it's not as stuffy as going out to dinner is.
  • No, it must've originated in the colon and spread to the pancreas.
  • The exclusion from the list of SRM of the duodenum, the colon and the small intestine except for the last four meters would bring the EU list of SRM closer to international standards.
  • These fragments could have perforated your colon and killed you.
  • Scientists explored its colon and everything on live television.
  • It migrated To his liver, colon and stomach.
  • Then we separate the colon, making the first incision...
  • And by that, we mean ready for the colon resection.
  • One bullet went through the right lower quadrant and perfed the colon.
  • Then the body's harshest critic - the colon.
  • Cocaine and severe trauma to the colon.
  • Mobilizing the colon quickly to get adequate exposure of the kidney.
  • At least you are not in the colon.
  • Well, oatmeal's good for the colon.
  • A congenital disorder of the nerves in the colon.
  • Researchers have demonstrated that the presence of bacterial endotoxins can start cancer in the colon.
  • The colon is cut in two and, the full LABC can be dissected and removed.
  • Descriptive ASCII information or the image data follows the colon.
  • My colonoscopy was an examination of my large colon and the distal part of my small bowel with a camera.
  • And around the colon is fluid, which could mean the colon is ruptured and there's fecal matter floating around that could infect the aortic repair, and that complication can be fatal.

Alternatives:

  • the colons and hyphens
  • the colons and the hyphens
  • the colons and the em dashes
  • the colons and the en dashes
  • the colons and the punctuation marks

the colons and dashes

This phrase is correct and commonly used when you are referring to both types of punctuation marks collectively.

This phrase is used when you want to refer to colons and dashes collectively, without emphasizing each punctuation mark individually.
  • It regulates the colon and it's not as stuffy as going out to dinner is.
  • No, it must've originated in the colon and spread to the pancreas.
  • The exclusion from the list of SRM of the duodenum, the colon and the small intestine except for the last four meters would bring the EU list of SRM closer to international standards.
  • Further on, she uses lots of dots and dashes instead of names.
  • Ian breaks away and dashes for it...
  • These fragments could have perforated your colon and killed you.
  • Scientists explored its colon and everything on live television.
  • It migrated To his liver, colon and stomach.
  • Then we separate the colon, making the first incision...
  • And by that, we mean ready for the colon resection.
  • One bullet went through the right lower quadrant and perfed the colon.
  • Then the body's harshest critic - the colon.
  • Cocaine and severe trauma to the colon.
  • Mobilizing the colon quickly to get adequate exposure of the kidney.
  • At least you are not in the colon.
  • Well, oatmeal's good for the colon.
  • A congenital disorder of the nerves in the colon.
  • Researchers have demonstrated that the presence of bacterial endotoxins can start cancer in the colon.
  • The colon is cut in two and, the full LABC can be dissected and removed.
  • Descriptive ASCII information or the image data follows the colon.

Alternatives:

  • the colons and semicolons
  • the colons and hyphens
  • the colons and punctuation marks
  • the colons and punctuation symbols
  • the colons and the punctuation

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