Examples:—Now, you understand?
Exclamation Point [!].—The exclamation point is placed at the end of every sentence, clause, phrase, or word intended to convey strong emotion.
Examples:—Praise be thine, O God!
Examples:—Lost! Lost! O that I were home!
Colon [:].—Two clauses, one or both of which are subdivided by the semicolon, should be separated from each other by the colon.
Example:—This chapter is divided into two sections: the first, which was written many years since, being a history of the institution; the second, a prophecy as to its future.
The colon is used before all direct quotations, if formally introduced, and after all words which formally introduce a sentence to follow. If the quoted matter begins a new paragraph, the colon should be followed by a dash.
Examples:—Cæsar spoke as follows: (His speech to follow.)
He replied in these words: “I shall always be prepared in future.”
My dear Friend: (A letter following.)