Homework Help: Grammar and punctuation

Posted by Marie on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 10:38am.

Select the sentence which is correctly punctuated, spaced, and capitalized.
A) His chief complaints were: impotence, flatulence, and fatigue.
B) His chief complaints were: Impotence, Flatulence, and Fatigue.
C) His chief complaints were impotence, flatulence, and fatigue.

My answer is A

Grammar and punctuation - Writeacher, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 10:45am
A is incorrect.

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/punct/colon.html
and
Do not use a colon immediately after a verb.
Grammar and punctuation - Marie, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 10:51am
So if a a comma is not used before a "verb" which looks like all must be wrong expect c
Grammar and punctuation - Writeacher, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 10:51am
Yes, C is correct.

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