Question

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point.
His car was dented in an accident on the highway:

• A. highway.
• B. highway,
• C. highway;
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

The correct option is A highway.

According to general rule, a period is used to mark the end of a complete sentence. Thus, the correct answer will be Option A, in place of the colon.

The remaining options are incorrect, as a comma is used to indicate a pause whereas, a semi colon is used to separate major sentence elements. A colon is used to indicate emphasis or introduce a list.