Which sentence does not use colons correctly?

A.
My little brother's favorite stuffed animals include: a bunny, a teddy bear, and a monkey.

B.
I put the following in my smoothies: frozen yogurt, bananas, strawberries, and orange juice.

C.
She placed well in the 5K run, and her time was 33:22.

D.
We have been waiting since 7:20 a.m. for someone to unlock the door.

Question

Which sentence does not use colons correctly?
 
 A.
My little brother's favorite stuffed animals include: a bunny, a teddy bear, and a monkey.
 
 B.
I put the following in my smoothies: frozen yogurt, bananas, strawberries, and orange juice.
 
 C.
She placed well in the 5K run, and her time was 33:22.
 
 D.
We have been waiting since 7:20 a.m. for someone to unlock the door.

muzzack · Answer

B

muzzack · Answer

The colon is a punctuation mark consisting of two equally sized dots centered on the same vertical line. A colon is used to explain or start an enumeration. A colon is also used with ratios, titles and subtitles of books, city and publisher in bibliographies, business letter salutation, hours and minutes, and formal letters.

savannah_noelle · Answer

I think A uses it incorrectly.

anonymous · Answer

A. My little brother's favorite stuffed animals include: a bunny, a teddy bear, and a monkey.