Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A.
You could say one gallon equals: 4 quarts, 8 pints, or 16 cups.

B.
My sister has three favorite pastimes: surfing, sewing, and reading.

C.
His coworkers are: Charlotte, Jada, Brandon, Summer, and Arthur.

D.
The children gathered these items for the campfire sticks, logs, and marshmallows.

Question

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?	
 
 A.
You could say one gallon equals: 4 quarts, 8 pints, or 16 cups.
 
 B.
My sister has three favorite pastimes: surfing, sewing, and reading.
 
 C.
His coworkers are: Charlotte, Jada, Brandon, Summer, and Arthur.
 
 D.
The children gathered these items for the campfire sticks, logs, and marshmallows.

ashash146 · Answer

What do you think? Which ones can you definitely eliminate?

yinshy · Answer

b and D

onyxxelite · Answer

Definitely not D. xD

ashash146 · Answer

For D to be correct the sentence would have to say, " The children gathered sticks, logs, and marshmallows for the campfire."

onyxxelite · Answer

Sounds good so far, those don't make sense to me either

yinshy · Answer

i sat A

yinshy · Answer

*say

ashash146 · Answer

I would go with A or B. I'm unsure, so I think you should see what @ONYXxELITE says. I know it's definitley not C or D.

ashash146 · Answer

I would go with B, but I'm not positive.

yinshy · Answer

then its A @ONYXxELITE said B is wroung

theloshua · Answer

*sigh* the only one that NEEDS a colen is D, because it has the word THIS in it... Which tells you something is about to be listed

ashash146 · Answer

@Yinshy When did he say B was wrong?

yinshy · Answer

i said B and D are wroung and he said that sounded right

ashash146 · Answer

I think he thought you meant it could be either B or D. Which is why he responded with saying D was wrong, but I could be mistaken.

yinshy · Answer

@ONYXxELITE  help!!!!!!!!

shadowlegendx · Answer

D is definitely wrong, it's between the first three

ashash146 · Answer

@ShadowLegendX We already established C and D are wrong.

shadowlegendx · Answer

I just got here

shadowlegendx · Answer

How is C wrong?

ashash146 · Answer

@Yinshy Here is an example I found online: 

"There are basically two ways to write: with a pen or pencil, which is inexpensive and easily accessible; or by computer and printer, which is more expensive but quick and neat."

With this example, B seems to be correct.

shadowlegendx · Answer

That's a semicolon, not a colon

shadowlegendx · Answer

The type we're dealing with, is when a colon helps the sentence be able to "list" things

ashash146 · Answer

@ShadowLegendX "There are basically two ways to write: with a pen or pencil" Colon...