Punctuation
Are the following sentences correctly punctuated, please?
1) This is what I ate for breakfast: an apple and a bowl of cereal.
2) He knocked several times; no one came to the door.
3) My sister loves mysteris; my brother likes comic.
4) Here is what you need to get at the supermarket: bananas, bread, milk and biscuits.
5) The window was open; I looked out over the empty field.
Thanks.
Top answer
The sentences 2,3, & 5 with semicolons are good. The sentences with colons would be better if the word that touches the colon is what you are listing, for example: 1) For breakfast I ate the 2 different foods : and apple and a bowl of cereal . 4) At the supermarket you need to get several things : bananas , bread , milk and biscuits .
- The sentences 2,3, & 5 with semicolons are good.
- The sentences with colons would be better if the word that touches the colon is what you are listing, for example: 1) For breakfast I ate the 2 different foods : and apple and a bowl of cereal .
- 4) At the supermarket you need to get several things : bananas , bread , milk and biscuits .
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The sentences 2,3, & 5 with semicolons are good.
The sentences with colons would be better if the word that touches the colon is what you are listing, for example:
1) For breakfast I ate the 2 different foods: and apple and a bowl of cereal.
4) At the supermarket you need to get several things: bananas, bread, milk and
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