Choose the sentence that correctly uses a colon. a) i am telling you that: she has got to go! b) last time i went bungee jumping: i did a swan dive from the platform. c) before going sky-diving, be sure to bring the following: goggles, a parachute, and ample courage. d) racing mountains bikes requires excellent physical fitness: but racing also requires a certain amount of recklessness.

The sentence that correctly uses the colon is "Before going sky-diving, be sure to bring the following: goggles, a parachute, and ample courage" (C).

It is important to remember that a colon should only be used after a complete sentence. It is generally used before a list. It can also go after a sentence when the second sentence explains, illustrates, or paraphrases the first sentence.

true. the definition explains it: a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. this is a dictionary definition that i have looked up in a dictionary.

honestly, school in itself just seems to be a huge waste of time. a lot of people graduate but still end up not doing anything in college anyways, which really makes the whole point of graduating seem useless. i'd rather not bring anyone's hopes up then. what i'd recommend is for whoever's reading this to simply drop out.

i mean, kanye did it. he said something along the lines of, "don't let society tell you what to do." now, he's obviously a very successful person, and since his album is called the college dropout i guess he never really had to go through all that nonsense in order to become a millionaire. the same goes for anyone else then.