Question

Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows.

With several medals in both skateboarding and snowboarding, Shaun White has one advantage over the newer, younger competitor experience.

A colon should be placed after which word in the sentence?

EDIT: The options are advantage, both, competitor, the
THE ANSWER IS C. COMPETITOR

Answer 1

Answer: C

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The colon should be placed after the word "Competitor". Therefore as already mentioned, THE ANSWER IS C. COMPETITOR .

Step-by-step explanation:

A colon is used between two independent clauses when the second part of the sentence expands,paraphrases or illustrates the first part.

So, White has one advantage over the newer, younger competitor: experience.

Here experience illustrated the first part of the sentence. So, competitor is the right option.

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