Please add appropriate colons to the sentences below
a. The great Yogi Berra said it best “It ain’t over till it’s over.”
b. Three skills will make you a better writer planning, copyediting and revising.
c. There is only one cause of evil in this world high-fructose corn syrup.
d. Molly and Dan’s relationship can be summed up in one word codependence.
e. My mentor fed my fragile ego with the two things it needed most encouragement and praise.
a. The great Yogi Berra said it best: “It ain’t over till it’s over.” [See “Colon”: “The colon is an elegant announcer: It ushers in complete sentences, lists, quotations and dialogue.”] b. Three skills will make you a better writer: planning, copyediting and revising. [See “Colon”: “The colon is an elegant announcer: It ushers in complete sentences, lists, quotations and dialogue. . . . When a colon is used to introduce a word, phrase or a clause that is not part of a complete sentence, the first word following the colon should not be capitalized.”] c. There is only one cause of evil in this world: high-fructose corn syrup. [See “Colon”: “The colon is an elegant announcer: It ushers in complete sentences, lists, quotations and dialogue. . .
When a colon is used to introduce a word, phrase or a clause that is not part of a complete sentence, the first word following the colon should not be capitalized.”] d. Molly and Dan’s relationship can be summed up in one word: codependence. [See “Colon”: “The colon is an elegant announcer: It ushers in complete sentences, lists, quotations and dialogue. . . . When a colon is used to introduce a word, phrase or a clause that is not part of a complete sentence, the first word following the colon should not be capitalized.”] e. My mentor fed my fragile ego with the two things it needed most: encouragement and praise. [See “Colon”: “The colon is an elegant announcer: It ushers in complete sentences, lists, quotations and dialogue. . . . When a colon is used to introduce a word, phrase or a clause that is not part of a complete sentence, the first word following the colon should not be capitalized.”]
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