I ____________ the little girl's fears about going to school by explaining to her that all the other children were just as scare
d as she was, and that her teacher was a really nice lady. WORD BANK: A) Estranged B) Implored C) Mollified D) Adjacent E) Appaling F) Gaudy G) Haggled H) Pampered I) Enthralled J) Fruitless
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.
