Which of the following sentences uses a colon correctly?

a. For my camping trip I packed a stove: a lantern: an ax: matches: and an emergency kit.

b. We visited: Colorado, Arizona, California, and Nevada.

c. We visited four states last year: Colorado, Arizona, California, and Nevada.

d. I like to go camping: but my friend likes to go shopping.

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Issac Horne

28 October, 15:49

Which of the following sentences uses a colon correctly?

a. For my camping trip I packed a stove: a lantern: an ax: matches: and an emergency kit.

b. We visited: Colorado, Arizona, California, and Nevada.

c. We visited four states last year: Colorado, Arizona, California, and Nevada.

d. I like to go camping: but my friend likes to go shopping.

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Mariah · Answer 1

The correct answer for this question is sentence C. We visited four states last year: Colorado, Arizona, California and Nevada. The reason that this sentence has correct colon placement, is that a colon should be used within a sentence to set up a list. In the other possible answers for this question the colon is not used in this way but could be replaced by a comma in answer A, a space in answer B, and a comma in answer D.