Identify the sentence that correctly uses a colon.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. The campus library offers three student resources: study cubicles, digital archives, and tutoring
- Step 1: A colon must be preceded by an independent clause (a complete grammatical sentence).
- Step 2: 'The university library offers three primary student resources' is an independent clause introducing a series.
Answer
The university library offers three primary student resources: quiet study cubicles, digital archives, and writing tutoring.
Why not the others: 'The university library offers: quiet study cubicles, digital archives, and writing tutoring' improperly places a colon immediately following a transitive verb; 'The university library offers three primary student resources such as: quiet study cubicles, digital archives, and writing tutoring' redundantly combines 'such as' with a colon; 'The primary student resources offered by the university library are: quiet study cubicles, digital archives, and writing tutoring' places a colon immediately following the linking verb 'are'.
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