<p>This group, known as the Navajo code talkers, took part in every assault the U.S. Marines conducted in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945, (TRANSMITTING INFORMATION, ON) tactics, troop movements, orders, and other vital communications over telephones and radios. </p>
<p>A. NO CHANGE<br>
B. transmitting information on: (Your Answer)<br>
C. transmitting information on (Correct Answer)<br>
D. transmitting: information on </p>
<p>So why is the answer C and not B?</p>
<p>If you use a colon, what comes after must be a complete thought. If you choose B, what comes after the colon is a dependent clause and cannnot stand by itself since it is a dependent clause. Hope that helps!</p>
<p>… running away from snakes, monsters and bees …
… playing with wind, fire and lice …
… participating in band, theater and debate …</p>
<p>You don’t need a “comma” between the participle or gerund and the preposition.</p>
<p>The colon makes no sense. It’s not really a matter of what “follows” the colon.</p>
<p>You have a preposition (such as “on”, “away”, “with”, “in”) and an object, or a list of objects suitably tied together with “commas” and a conjunction. It’s really that simple.</p>
<p>Yesterday I went swimming, skiing, and salsa dancing<em>. No colon- “yesterday I went” is not a complete thought.
I enjoy many athletic activities: swimming, skiing, and salsa dancing</em>. A colon is used, because “I enjoy many athletic activities” is indeed a complete thought.</p>
<p>*Disclaimer: Although I swim, I do not salsa dance or ski. No colon.</p>
<p>yea you don’t need a colon, since it doesn’t directly lead into the list of things which is being transmitted on. it’s more of an action on those things. i am not sure if this helped, but hope it does!</p>