Over 1000 people tried out for a spot on the new reality television show; ________________, many of the contestants stood in lin
e for over ten hours waiting for their turn. Fill in the blank with the appropriate transition word(s). A) in fact B) although C) nevertheless D) in the meantime
Colons. The colon is a stronger punctuation mark than the semicolon. As a result, within sentences, it is used only after a complete sentence--never after a dependent clause or phrase.
