Which word in the sentence, if any, should be followed by a colon? That house is painted in many colors forest green, pumpkin orange, and dark brown. A. There is no error in colon usage. B. colors C. in D. painted

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Camilla Bradshaw

29 June, 09:17

Which word in the sentence, if any, should be followed by a colon? That house is painted in many colors forest green, pumpkin orange, and dark brown. A. There is no error in colon usage. B. colors C. in D. painted

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Luis Bradley · Answer 1

A. The sentence works fine. one could argue B, but a colon is used to separate a run-on or show two complete thoughts in the same sentence, so arguably B would not work either.