The use of a colon in this sentence is correct because A) colons can be used in place of a period. B) colons and semi-colons are interchangeable. C) colons separate two independent clauses into sections in the sentence. D) colons should be used after independent clauses that come before lists.
colons should be used after independent clauses that come before lists. is the correct answer. A colon should be used after an independent clause to introduce a list. Colons should also be used to separate an explanation, rule or example; after the salutation in a business letter, in the heading of a business memo, between the hour and the minutes when writing a time (11:30); between the chapter and verse in the Bible, and in a bibliography between the location of publication and the publisher's name.
