Question

Choose the sentence that correctly uses a colon.

A) Both of his parents were veterans his father had been in the Navy in Iwo Jima; and Okinawa during World War II, and his
mother had served with the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service)

B) Both of his parents: were veterans his father had been in the Navy in Iwo Jima and Okinawa during World War II, and his
mother had served with the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service).

C) Both of his parents were veterans: his father had been in the Navy in Iwo Jima and Okinawa during World War II, and his
mother had served with the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service).

D) Both of his parents were veterans his father had been in the Navy in Iwo Jima and Okinawa during World War II, and his
mother had served with the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service).

Answer 1

C) Both of his parents were veterans: his father had been in the Navy in Iwo Jima and Okinawa during World War II, and his mother had served with the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service).