Question

Where do I insert Colon in the following sentence

My dad gave me the best gift ever tickets to my favourite Broadway show​

Answer 1

My dad gave may the best gift ever : tickets to my favourite Broadway show .

Symbol of colon : ( : )

Reason for that particular placement :

Here the girl/boy is talking about the gift given by dad . In explanation wise the tickets of Broadway show is given . And one of the uses of colon is to provide explanation to either parts of the sentence .

★ Uses of Colon :

• For providing explanation to either parts of the sentence that is before the colon and after the colon .

• Quotation

★ Examples :

• He was shouting : " Come here now !"

• I like sports : Cricket , Karate , Volleyball , etc

Answer 2

Answer:

My dad gave may the best gift ever : tickets to my favourite Broadway show .

• Reason for that particular placement : Here the girl/boy is talking about the gift given by dad . In explanation wise the tickets of Broadway show is given .

Punctuation-

Punctuation is derived from the latin word ‘ punctum ‘ means the right use of putting in points or stops in writing.

The following are the important stops:

• 1. Full stop (.)
• 2. Comma (,)
• 3. Semicolon (;)
• 4. Colon (:)
• 5. Question mark (?)
• 6. Exclamation mark (!)

Other marks in common use are the dash , parenthesis , inverted commas or quotation marks

So, now from this punctuation...colon uses===

The Colon makes a longer pause than the semicolon. It is used.

1. Keats says: “A thing of beauty is a joy fore ever.”
2. Shakespeare says: “Brevity is the soul of wit.”
3. Truth is God: God is truth.