UH-Victoria

Using Colons Correctly

Exercise 1

In the following exercise, correct the sentences that use colons incorrectly.

  1. Jack and Sarah ate: fish, pizza, milk, cookies and pasta.
  2. Dr. Frederick simply states: “the youth of today’s world is bombarded with more difficult and different problems that previous generations.”
  3. Maria Finelli’s theory on organized crime involves three main areas: drug trafficking, governmental fraud and tax evasion.
  4. This paper will discuss the problems with: area fisheries, fish markets and large fishing industries.
  5. The many symptoms of carsickness include: nausea, headaches, vomiting, dizziness, irrational thought processes and withdrawal.
  6. The many types of vocabulary terms for this class are:
    • Literary
    • Jargon
    • Technical, and
    • Colloquial.

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