What is the correct use of a colon? ( : ), Start a list, Divide two related sentences, Stop a sentence, Begin dialogue or speech, Give emphasis to a point, To ask a question, What is the correct use of a semicolon? ( ; ), To stop a sentence, Start a quote, Divide two related, independent sentences, To ask a question, To show emphasis or lower tone, To remove the pause normally made by a full stop, What is the correct use of brackets/parenthesis? ( (text) ), To include additional information in a sentence, To start a quote, To stop a sentence, To ask a question, To give clarification for something, To show emphasis or lower tone, List all of the correct ways to use an apostrophe ( ' ), To start a quote, To stop a sentence, To shorten two words (e.g. did not), To show someone or something owns something else, To show emphasis, To show more than one of something, Which of the below sentences uses colons ( : ) correctly? (Pick 3), The police said this: "We have no witnesses", Tony was a boxer: He was in the heavyweight category., The following is true: All dogs are mammals, I'm heading out: Do you want anything?, I bought lots of fruit: apples, oranges, bananas and grapes, Joe's class is in: CH108, Which of the below sentences uses semicolons ( ; ) correctly? (Pick 2), Bats are mammals; I am afraid of bats., Georgia works in accounting; she's very busy., I don't like chocolate; I like ice cream., Fred lives in Witney; it's very cold there at the moment, Which of the below sentences uses brackets ( (text) ) correctly? (Pick 1), Bats (small mammals with poor eyesight) are found all over the world, Tony (was walking down the road), Gemma was running (quickly), Which of the below sentences uses apostrophes ( ' ) correctly? Pick 3, There's lots of them, So many bat's, Greg's bag, The box had it's corners crumbled, TV show's, We didn't go

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