Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumColon introducing a list
Standard English Conventions practice question
For the entire traverse the two climbers carried only minimal ____ a rope, a stove, and ten days of food.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. equipment:Correct
- B. equipment,
- C. equipment;
- D. equipment, such as:
Answer: A. equipment:
A complete sentence followed by a list takes a colon: 'carried only minimal equipment: a rope, a stove, and ten days of food.'
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. equipment,
- A comma cannot introduce this list after a complete statement.
- C. equipment;
- A semicolon joins two complete sentences; the list is not one.
- D. equipment, such as:
- 'Such as' is never followed by a colon.
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