Colons also link elaborations, embellishments,
definitions.
New platforms are often troubled early on by a nasty
chicken-and-egg problem: consumers will not buy them until lots
of compatible products are available, and companies will not develop
compatible products until they see a market.
Here, the writer defines the nasty
chicken-and-egg problem, making certain with a colon that you
read what follows as the definition.
But Big Brother is doing his bit: in the struggle
against crime, terrorism, deadbeat parents, illegal immigrants and
even traffic jams, the government keeps an ever-closer eye on more
and more of its citizens.
As a result, American art tells the American story:
Americans, like any other people, inscribe their histories, beliefs,
attitudes, desires, and dreams in the images they make.
He had imparted the city's traditional philosophy
toward visitors: show them no mercy.
