Which punctuation mark is missing in the text below?
"Only one thing is responsible for the high rate of insecurity in the nation unemployment."
A.
question mark
B.
colon
C.
full stop
D.
comma
Correct Answer: colon
Explanation
Colon can be used to introduce either items in a coordinate list, as in
*unemployment, illiteracy,
poverty, etc.',
or an item in a single list, as in
"unemployment'. The correct expression will now be
"Only one thing is responsible for the high rate of insecurity in the nation: unemployment."
Colon can be used to introduce either items in a coordinate list, as in
*unemployment, illiteracy,
poverty, etc.',
or an item in a single list, as in
"unemployment'. The correct expression will now be
"Only one thing is responsible for the high rate of insecurity in the nation: unemployment."
