On 2012-03-16, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > A grammarian might very well write: > > Your assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to: > > 1. Take the bus to Swansea. > ... > > In English, one typical use for colons is to introduce a list > or sequence of items, including instructions. A sequence of > instructions is an algorithm, program or routine. You may have > heard of them :)
A grammarian always uses complete sentence before a colon, even when introducing a list. -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
