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Which sentence uses the colon correctly?

1. He wanted: one thing from his family, reconciliation.
2. He wanted one thing: from his family, reconciliation.
3. He wanted one thing from his family: reconciliation.
4, He wanted one thing from: his family reconciliation.

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Its C

This is the answer. Welcome:)

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The sentence that uses the colon correctly is number 3, "He wanted one thing from his family: reconciliation.

Whenever you use a colon, you want to make sure that you have a complete sentence before the colon. "He wanted one thing from his family," would be a complete sentence on its own. The one thing is reconciliation, which is why it goes after the colon.

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