Question

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.

Answer 1

C because of the colon

Answer 2

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.