Assessment items Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest are: the four ordinal directions.

There are four ordinal directions: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

The four ordinal directions are: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

The four ordinal directions: are northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

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Kristin Hurley

English

2 March, 04:08

Assessment items Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest are: the four ordinal directions.

There are four ordinal directions: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

The four ordinal directions are: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

The four ordinal directions: are northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

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Thyme · Answer 1

There are four ordinal directions: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

Maci Sampson · Answer 2

The second sentence. You must always make sure that the first part of the sentence before the colon is a complete sentence. The remaining sentences end in "are".