Decide where a colon is needed in the following sentence.

on saturday, steven played soccer with four of his friends vanessa, thomas, isabel, and logan.

between the words “steven” and “played”

between the words “soccer” and “with”

between the words “friends” and “vanessa”

between the words “four” and “of”

between the words “friends” and “Vanessa”

Explanation:

On Saturday, Steven played soccer with four of his friends: Vanessa, Thomas, Isabel, and Logan.

A colon is often placed right before a list. Since a list of Steven's friends that he's playing soccer with comes right after the word "friends," we can say that the colon should be placed between "friends" and "Vanessa."

explanation:

the silver bells of the sleds are merry and keep time in the winter nights while the sky twinkles happily. the golden bells of weddings are delightful in their peaceful happiness, foretelling a rapturous future. meanwhile, the brazen alarm bells scream frightfully in the night, with a discordant and desperate sound. in their clamor, these bells convey terror, horror, and anger. finally, the iron bells are solemn and melancholy, while those in the church steeple are like ghouls who feel happiness. the king of the ghouls, who rings the bells, cheerfully keeps time with the moaning and groaning bells.

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

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