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the symbol :
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what doe's the symbol : mean ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It means something akin to: get ready, here comes a superfluous apostrophe.
Seriously, though, it's called a colon and is often used, amongst other grammatical uses, to separate a sentence from a list.
For example, consider the following sentence:
At the supermarket, Anne bought the following items: figs, dates, a large box of laxative tablets and several toilet rolls.