Question

Which sentences use a colon correctly?

Choose all answers that are correct.



A.


These tickets are for: Christy, Maria, and Phillipa.


B.


Please donate the following: canned goods, winter coats, and blankets.


C.


Today we learned about these quadrilaterals: squares, rectangles, and parallelograms.


D.


The plants they plan to grow this summer are: squash, cucumbers, and lima beans.


E.


We plan to visit the following cities in Italy: Florence, Rome, and Naples.

I think it is all but C and D

Answer 1

@amberosales
@isry98

Answer 2

@KyanTheDoodle

Answer 3

@FibonacciChick666

Answer 4

@pooja195

Answer 5

@prettygirl876

Answer 6

from le google "Use a colon. between a \(\color\red{grammatically~ complete~ introductory~ clause ~(one~ that~ could ~stand~ as~ a ~sentence)}\) and a final phrase or clause that illustrates, extends, or amplifies the preceding thought. If the clause following the colon is a complete sentence, it begins with a capital letter."

Answer 7

Okay, thank you.... :)

Answer 8

Now, which do you think are not proper usage?

Answer 9

B C and D

Answer 10

So let's see if those are sentences or not,

Answer 11

"Please donate the following" Sentence or no?

Answer 12

C is a proper sentence

Answer 13

not a sentence

Answer 14

E is proper

Answer 15

A is defs not proper

Answer 16

So only the ones with a proper sentence are correct

Answer 17

So only C and E

Answer 18

Yea, B is ambiguous though... I am just not sure

Answer 19

Well i dont really think Please donate the following is a proper sentence...

Answer 20

so subject is implied you. Verb is donate..... hmmm....

Answer 21

the following is the issue.

Answer 22

what type of clause is that?

Answer 23

ummm independent?

Answer 24

I don't know, let me think on it for a moment

Answer 25

it seems that it depends on the meaning of following.

Answer 26

Okay, I thank you so much for helping me so far. :) No one else helped me T^T

Answer 27

if we are treating following as a noun, it is a sentence

Answer 28

but what is the noun?

Answer 29

following. It can be a noun here check the definition https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=following+definition

Answer 30

could also be a movie, but the issue arises, what is it in this context...

Answer 31

omg you are right o-o

Answer 32

oops, sorry, got sidetracked. looks like you've got help ^-^

Answer 33

the secound noun definition defines it

Answer 34

oh its okay @TwilightRain1 can you help too

Answer 35

i gtg to bed, sry :/

Answer 36

yea, so I mean I think it could be a sentence because of that, but is it an adjective? If it is, then it is a fragment

Answer 37

okay baii

Answer 38

Well im still on edge about B being a possibilty

Answer 39

yea, same

Answer 40

My gut is leaning towards yes

Answer 41

Well i am not going to pick B and if I get it wrong then poop.

Answer 42

my head wants me to prove it

Answer 43

I just like to say that thank you for just not giving the direct answer and walking it through i havent had a deep thinking process in forev

Answer 44

I feel like noun definition 2 proves it sufficiently

Answer 45

haha, np

Answer 46

Yes, I really appreciate it :)

Answer 47

I'm actually a math person, so this is critical thinking for me :P

Answer 48

So if you have to argue it with your teacher

Answer 49

oh well i apreciate your help so much :)

Answer 50

I would say, "the following" can be a noun phrase; however, in this question before removing the colon, it is an adjective, as evidenced by adjective definition bullet point.

Answer 51

let me get someone else to look at it. This is bugging me haha

Answer 52

@wio @zepdrix
So english issue, is "Please donate the following." a sentence or a fragment?

Answer 53

i tried to ask other ppl but either they r offline or they tried to help me but didnt ;-;

Answer 54

maybe it was too hard for them ;-;

Answer 55

I think it's a sentence fragment that begins a list.
Seems like it should be written like this
`Please donate the following:`
With a colon thingy, not a period.

I dunno, engrish is hard 0_o

Answer 56

haha, well it is, but we are trying to determine if it could stand alone

Answer 57

Right....

Answer 58

and if it cannot, then we cannot use the semicolon

Answer 59

colon****

Answer 60

I feel like this is inception or like a paradox type of thinking o-o

Answer 61

but it does seem like @zepdrix was making it a possibility, no?

Answer 62

haha yea, sort of, ok, so now I'm going to say that due to being an adjective in the initial sentence, it can't stand alone

Answer 63

What are we trying to figure out? :U
Is it the question at the top of the page?

Answer 64

ya

Answer 65

well, yea, but we've arrived at this conundrum

Answer 66

B, C and E
Those seem to make the most sense to me.

Oh I see what you were asking about then, with the sentence thing

Answer 67

yea, ya see, I haven't lost it :P lol

Answer 68

okay so B is confirmed? :/

Answer 69

ok so because it would need "items" added to it to be a stand alone please...following, is not a sentence

Answer 70

ughh, but now I just argued it back into a sentence

Answer 71

Ugh ! Im confused now o-o

Answer 72

I dunnooo, I think yer being too picky >.<

`Please donate the following`
I'm thinking of this like:
`Please donate the things listed after this sentence.`

Answer 73

right which they listed other things...

Answer 74

But is that a sentence?

Answer 75

The one that I modified? :3 ya certainly

Answer 76

or a clever fragment

Answer 77

it isnt a sentence (atleast i dont think so)

Answer 78

Bahhh Engrishhhh

Answer 79

ikr

Answer 80

...this is going to drive me nuts

Answer 81

Mind bogiling english -_-

Answer 82

so if it isn't a sentence just doing a list with commas should make sense, but it doesn't

Answer 83

We might be thinking about this too hard... but im just going to go with C and E i have another question that im stuck on :/

Answer 84

Just took the test and B is a possibillity @FibonacciChick666 and @zepdrix