A colon directs your attention to the words or the sentence after it. It signals that what comes after will explain, describe, illustrate or define what came before. a colon can introduce an independent clause, a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and forms a complete thought. or, it can introduce a word or short phrase. When a colon appears in a complete sentence, it always comes after an independent clause. in which sentence is a colon used correctly?

A
I understand why people love: waterskiing.

B
I don’t like boats: they make me very seasick.

C
Alyshia: she loves her puppy more than she loves her fish.

D
Love is what makes: the world go round.

He now spent his days in his house, from room to room.which verb best completes the sentence?

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What is the narrators main conflict in this passage