The sentence is a grammatical mess, especially the part in bold. I guess it would improve marginally if there were a colon after entered into them. What follows explains the speculative element: the cattle might deteriorate or be productive. They

No 'the'. We seldom use first ly in the US. The way your sentence is constructed, I believe that a numerical listing is unnecessary. These are more often used when much longer description is involved. Some would insist

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You cannot italicize and you cannot underline? Then and only then, go ahead and use the quotation marks. Don't use the colon.

American printing convention places the period and the comma always within the quotation marks and colons and semicolons always outside of them.

You mean I use a colon like this? "As for the unsatisfactory points : safety, programs, and management of the community facilities for children appeared to be unsatisfactory." Isn't a colon used to state something same?

What are these phrases that you are putting before the colons, Angli? The two I've seen so far make little sense. With an iPod in your hand, you can listen to it anywhere as soon you turn it on. With an iPod Touch in your hand, you can look at

Hi, Generally speaking, a period sounds fine to me,. eg This is a picture of Napoleon. Is this the kind of sentence you want to write? Clive

The semicolon is used in a series that has been introduced by a colon. Otherwise, it is used in place of a period to join two sentences which are so close in meaning that a period would set them apart.

What is the difference between a colon and a semi-colon and when would you use one over the other?