Beverly Harvard began her career in law enforcement in an unusual
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way: to answer a challenge made by her husband.
This is (A)
But I think the answer should be ©: way to answer a challenge made by her husband
Bc She began her career to answer a challenge … makes sense. English is my 2nd language, so I am not quite sure why A is better than C.
any ideas?
One of the purposes of a colon (
is to introduce an item or a list of items. In this case, the item being introduced is her reason for beginning a career in law enforcement, which was “to answer a challenge made by her husband.” Without a colon, as in B, the sentence reads, “Beverly Harvard began her career in law enforcement in an unusual way to answer a challenge made by her husband,” so you have an introduction but no separation between the introduction and the item introduced. Without a colon, you should get rid of the introduction so that the sentence reads, “Beverly Harvard began her career to answer a challenge made by her husband.” I’ve heard that colons and semicolons are being tested a lot on the ACT these days. This is a good summary of colons: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/colons.asp
hey thanks so so much!!