Question

Which sentences are punctuated correctly? check all that apply..

Answer 1

Sentences which are punctuated correctly are:

- Darren told me about his travels to different tropical islands: Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica.

-There are several activities to choose from at the resort: snorkeling, swimming, and hiking

Punctuation are used to organize a sentence additionally to create more clear sense and stress in a sentence.  

In the above sentences, The punctuation Colon (:) organizes the sentence properly when placed rightly. Colon is used preceding any list, explanation, description or definition.  

Colon is one of the punctuation which is used to:

1. Lay emphasis

Example: He loved just one: Bruno, his dog

2. To present dialogue ( we write the name of the speaker and then insert colon followed by his/her dialogue.)

Example: Rita: How are you?

Mary: Fine, and you?

3. Clarify composition titles ( to explain parallel ideas colon is used in compositions like lectures or book titles), and

Example: Rousseau’s Dog: Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment

4. To introduce text or lists.

Example: Three types of Subordinate or Dependent Clauses are: Adjective clause, Adverb clause and Noun clause

Answer 2

Ok so i just found out the right answer. I know im probably really late, but at least any future people will have it! so its b and c because a colon can only correctly be used after a complete sentence and b and c are the only correct uses of a colon. also d couldnt be right because thats a semicolon not a colon and they have different rules for a semicolon.