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Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

A The American flag: has three colors; red, white, and blue.

B The American flag has three colors: red; white; and blue.

C The American flag has three colors: red, white, and blue.

D The American flag has three colors; red; white, and blue.

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C because of the colon
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Answer:

C. The American flag has three colors: red, white, and blue.

Step-by-step explanation:

The colon : is used before lists of things (or just to further explain what was said before the colon), and the semicolon ; is used to link together two independent clauses.

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