Select the sentence that does not follow the style guidelines....?
1 Answer
'As a result, they missed some of the activities, that is: hiking and biking'.
Explanation:
the guide states that 'the clause preceding the colon must be a complete sentence capable of standing on its own.'
here, the words before the colon ('as a result, they missed some of the activities, that is:') do not stand alone.
as parts of the sentence, they are the clause 'as a result, they missed some of the activities' and the phrase 'that is'.
if the colon were put after 'activities', then the sentence would follow the rule.
the guide states that no introductory expressions should be used before a list of items. however, the words 'that is' are used here.
'that is' does serve as an introductory expression to introduce the list of actions, 'hiking' and 'biking'. therefore, using a colon here would be grammatically incorrect.
