Explain why the colon is used wrongly in the following sentence.
Every school child must have: a bag, a pencil case, a pen, several pencils, a ruler and a rubber.
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According to general rule, a comma is used to separate different items in a list. Thus, the correct answer is Option C.
The remaining options are incorrect. A semi colon is used in a list with internal commas whereas, a pair of dashes are used in place of parentheses for emphasis.
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