title: "Something's wrong, perhaps a missing \item" error when using itemize
body: <p>I'm trying to make list using itemize, and I honestly can't see whats wrong with this. I'm sure I'm just missing something small.</p>
  
  <pre><code>\documentclass{article}
  \author{}
  \title{Essay research}
  \begin{document}
  \maketitle{}
  \section{Alternative fuel sources}
  Thorium based nuclear power stations offer advantages over classic uranium based ones:
  \begin{itemize}:
  \item Thorium-232 is much more abundant than Uranium-235
  \end{itemize}
  \end{document}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get the following error thrown back:</p>
  
  <pre><code>./Essay notes.tex:9: LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item. [ \item T]
   ./Essay notes.tex:9: LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item. [ \item T]
   ./Essay notes.tex:9: LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item. [ \item T]
   ./Essay notes.tex:10: LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item. [\end{itemize}]
  </code></pre>