Ineed to stop at several places, including: the bank, the grocery store, and the dry cleaners.
which best explains why the colon after "including” should be removed?

a. the colon does not introduce a list of items and is therefore unnecessary.
b. the introductory text in the sentence cannot stand alone.
c. colons are only used to introduce lists composed of more than three items.
d. colons are not used to introduce lists of items in sentences.

B. The introductory text in the sentence cannot stand alone.

A colon can only be used when the text before the colon can stand alone as a complete sentence. The text before the colon is "I need to stop at several places, including". Including causes this sentence to be a fragment and therefore the colon is not grammatically correct. Options A, B, and C are all incorrect statements about colons.

a because they still enjoy the fire.

explanation:

the answer that is correct is the last option.