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True or False: Colons and semi-colons can be used in exactly the same manner and are interchangeable?​

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Answer:

False.

Step-by-step explanation:

Semicolons and colons have different purposes.

The colon is used to introduce words, phrases, lists, and quotations. Meanwhile, the semicolon is used to connect, or put together, two related or similar sentences.

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