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SAT · English · Semicolon or Colon

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Item
    Joining two related independent clauses
    Answer
    left
  2. Item
    Before a list, definition, or explanation
    Answer
    right
  3. Item
    Separating items in a list that already contain commas
    Answer
    left
  4. Item
    Introducing a long quotation
    Answer
    right
  5. Item
    'She finished early; he was still working.'
    Answer
    left
  6. Item
    'I need three items: bread, milk, eggs.'
    Answer
    right
Categories
Left
Use semicolon (;)
Right
Use colon (:)
Instructions
Sort each use: semicolon or colon?
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