...Quiz Time
Directions: Find what is wrong with the following sentences with colons.
1. Dear Sir or Madame,
I am interested in applying for a position at your company. Attached you will find my résumé.
2. Food Marketing-How to Sell Snack Items in a Grocery Store
3. My favorite books are: Huckleberry Finn, Lord of the Rings, and Animal Farm.
4. Dear Tim,
Hi! What's up? I want to see you. It is always good to see old friends.
5. Advertisers know there are some color combinations that are very eye-catching. For example: black on a yellow background and white on a dark blue background.
6. When Ricky saw the sad faces of the people who failed the college entrance exam, he was reminded of what Orison Swett Marden (founder of Success Magazine) used to say, "There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow."
