Every morning I have too many cups of my favorite coffee.

a. drink:
b. drink;

Semicolon (;) is used to combine two independent clauses. It is also used like a period, and it does not need a conjunction. Here is an example below.

He is tired. He wants to sleep.

Is equal to:

He is tired; he wants to sleep.

**There is a difference between these punctuation marks. When using a semicolon, lowercase the second clause.

Besides, semicolon can be used as a super comma when listing an item that has contained comma. Here is an example below.

They want to go to Miami, Florida; and Brooklyn, NYC.

Colon (:) is used to show an explanation/an example/an answer/a list. There are some examples below.

My mom loves her daughters: Mary and Anne.

He loves two kinds of flower: rose and sunflower.

Colon is also used in a quotation, when the first sentence before a quote is an independent clause:

My classmate gave me a piece of advice: “Never talk to our teacher like that.”

because of all the immigration, america became one big melting pot. the diversity of cultures from all over the world made america somewhat divided as well. people that immigrated stayed with their kind, and their traditions, while native born americans stayed with their kind and their traditions. normally, people born in american scorned the immigrants as well. the new religions also divided america. in summary, it took away from the american culture and identified america as the "melting pot."

i believe that dan is so anxious because he dose not know what awaits him when he gets there. but i dont know to be honest