Read the sentence. when letasha went to the store, she bought several baking goods: milk, sugar, and cinnamon. which statement is accurate? the colon is correctly placed and necessary because the introductory text cannot stand alone. the colon is correctly placed and necessary because the introductory text can stand alone. the colon is necessary because a list is given, but it should appear after the word “store.” the colon is necessary because a list is given, but it should appear after the word “bought.”

The correct answer is - The colon is correctly placed and necessary because the introductory text can stand alone.

It is important to use a colon because you are writing a list of things; you are enumerating them, so there has to be a colon there. Everything before the colon is the introductory text and it can stand alone, meaning that if you deleted everything after the colon, the sentence would still make sense because the list is not essential.

abater   ambary   ambery   baryta   baryte   bemata   betray   jarvey   ramate   ramjet

explanation:

those are all the possible words