If we were to go off its basic function of separating two individual sentences that can stand on their own but are somewhat related to one another that you could combine them with a semicolon, then it’s just plain wrong use. “Cowboys must” is not a full sentence. A colon would make a lot more sense but even then - if it’s just one item you’re listing, why even bother introducing a list with a colon?
I’m not sure I was clear with that point - it is wrong due to the sentence fragments, but my native-English-speaker Spidey senses tell me there’s something else wrong with it too, but I don’t know what.
I’m not sure it’s the only piece of the list though, this is an out of context picture and my first guess is it’s from a children’s book and the next pages list out more things. I could be completely wrong on that guess but I came to these comments looking for context, nobody has provided it yet, and I don’t care enough to find out, lol. Edit: not a children’s book with that font. I don’t know and I’m slightly buzzed because I’m off tomorrow and had a beer, sorry.
If we were to go off its basic function of separating two individual sentences that can stand on their own but are somewhat related to one another that you could combine them with a semicolon, then it’s just plain wrong use. “Cowboys must” is not a full sentence. A colon would make a lot more sense but even then - if it’s just one item you’re listing, why even bother introducing a list with a colon?
I’m not sure I was clear with that point - it is wrong due to the sentence fragments, but my native-English-speaker Spidey senses tell me there’s something else wrong with it too, but I don’t know what.
I’m not sure it’s the only piece of the list though, this is an out of context picture and my first guess is it’s from a children’s book and the next pages list out more things. I could be completely wrong on that guess but I came to these comments looking for context, nobody has provided it yet, and I don’t care enough to find out, lol. Edit: not a children’s book with that font. I don’t know and I’m slightly buzzed because I’m off tomorrow and had a beer, sorry.