Read the sentence. I need to stop at several places, including: the bank, the grocery store, and the dry cleaners. Which best ex
plains why the colon after "including” should be removed? The colon does not introduce a list of items and is therefore unnecessary. The introductory text in the sentence cannot stand alone. Colons are only used to introduce lists composed of more than three items. Colons are not used to introduce lists of items in sentences.
The correct answer is - the introductory text in the sentence cannot stand alone.
The colon after 'including' should be removed because it is completely unnecessary. The word 'including' acts as a colon of sorts, so using both is redundant. You can either delete the colon and leave the sentence as is, or delete the word 'including' and add a colon, but not both.
