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I have the following sentence:

The company will be oriented towards the development of three types of products: video games, video animations and digital marketing for which it will make use of a flexible and easy-to-grow type of organization.

I feel there is a grammatical error in terms of how the colon is implemented.

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John
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  • What research have you done? – Davo Dec 26 '17 at 16:57
  • I stumbled upon this article http://www.thepunctuationguide.com/colon.html – John Dec 26 '17 at 16:58
  • See the following questions and answers for more detail: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/186432/use-of-semi-colons-vs-commas-when-listing-items-with-colons https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2503/is-it-proper-usage-to-replace-a-comma-in-a-list-with-a-semi-colon-in-this-situat https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/108218/should-i-use-commas-or-semi-colons-in-this-multi-item-list-within-a-sentence – Davo Dec 26 '17 at 17:32

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You are using the colon correctly.

Logikal
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  • Thanks, but is the added content after the colon correct to remain part of that sentence? – John Dec 26 '17 at 17:29
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    A good answer on EL&U will explain why it is correct. – Jim Dec 27 '17 at 06:55
  • The content after the colon does not gave to be a complete sentence because you already have at least one complete thought. – Logikal Dec 27 '17 at 13:47
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There is no problem with the use of the colon, but I would use two sentences:

"The company will be oriented towards the development of three types of products: video games, video animations and digital marketing. It will make use of a flexible and easy-to-grow type of organization."

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