Which sentence is correctly punctuated with a colon?

I have finally mastered new tricks for the half-pipe the poptart, the barrel roll: and the miller flip.

I have finally mastered new tricks: for the half-pipe the poptart, the barrel roll, and the miller flip.

I have: finally mastered new tricks for the half-pipe the poptart, the barrel roll, and the miller flip.

I have finally mastered new tricks for the half-pipe: the poptart, the barrel roll, and the miller flip.

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Gloria Prince

23 August, 22:30

Which sentence is correctly punctuated with a colon?

I have finally mastered new tricks for the half-pipe the poptart, the barrel roll: and the miller flip.

I have finally mastered new tricks: for the half-pipe the poptart, the barrel roll, and the miller flip.

I have: finally mastered new tricks for the half-pipe the poptart, the barrel roll, and the miller flip.

I have finally mastered new tricks for the half-pipe: the poptart, the barrel roll, and the miller flip.

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Stacy Matthews · Answer 1

A colon needs to be used before mentioning a list of some sort. So, having this in mind, the sentence that correctly uses the colon is the last one - I have finally mastered new tricks for the half-pipe: the poptart, the barrel roll, and the miller flip.