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Q&A Should I use colons and semicolons to summarize information?

I'm writing a paper that goes something like this: To quickly summarize MIT is located in Massachusetts FIU is in Florida, The tuition cost for MIT is 45 thousand versus 6 thousand for 30 credi...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Paul‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:48:02Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Paul‭ · 2019-12-08T06:48:02Z (over 4 years ago)
I'm writing a paper that goes something like this:

> To quickly summarize MIT is located in Massachusetts FIU is in Florida, The tuition cost for MIT is 45 thousand versus 6 thousand for 30 credits in FIU, MIT....(etc)

My question is, in a situation like this, if I use a `:` or a `;` after "To quickly summarize" or just leave it how it is, how will it affect the text? How do I know when to use `;` and `:` properly?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-07-23T21:18:15Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 2