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LESSON 24 OF 30 · PUNCTUATION
Punctuation: colon and semicolon
Colons and semicolons attached to ordinary words.
truth closes; tonight colleges;
qwertyuiop
asdfghjkl;
zxcvbnm,./
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Start typing. Six short lines, no clock.Escrestart lesson
Lessons work best with a physical keyboard. The full finger guide appears on tablets and wider.
About this lesson
Colons and semicolons are less common than commas and full stops, which is why typists often hesitate at them.
A short lesson is enough to take that hesitation away. The lines place each mark after a real word and follow it with a space, the way it appears in normal writing. Small marks like these are easy to mistype, so watch the screen closely as you go.
Hand position
- Check where these two marks are on your layout; they often share one key.
- Where they share a key, one of them needs Shift.
- Keep your other fingers on the home row while you reach.
This lesson is defined by its characters rather than by key position, so it is the same on every keyboard layout. It takes about 3 minutes: six short lines, passed at 92% accuracy. Speed is not part of the pass mark.