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Maria painted her house in neutral colors; gray, white and brown.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.
Maria painted her house in neutral colors; gray, white and brown.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.
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The correct option is C colors:
The sentence gives a list of colors used by Maria to paint her house.The punctuation colon (:) is used to introduce a list of items.Thus, the most suitable answer will be Option A.An ellipsis (…) is a set of three dots indicating an omission. This punctuation is not required in the given sentence.A period is used only at the end of a declaratory sentence and not in between.
The sentence gives a list of colors used by Maria to paint her house.
The punctuation colon (:) is used to introduce a list of items.
Thus, the most suitable answer will be Option A.
An ellipsis (…) is a set of three dots indicating an omission. This punctuation is not required in the given sentence.
A period is used only at the end of a declaratory sentence and not in between.
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