hardyweineberg
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- Nigeria
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A. "Most notably, the percentage of money spent on transportation almost tripled: it was 5% in 2009, and by 2011, it had reached 14%."
B. "Most notably, the percentage of money spent on transportation almost tripled; it was 5% in 2009, and by 2011, it had reached 14%."
I read somewhere that colons and semicolons can never be used interchangeably. However, I feel that either a colon or a semicolon can be used in this sentence; that is, it would be grammatical to use any.
B. "Most notably, the percentage of money spent on transportation almost tripled; it was 5% in 2009, and by 2011, it had reached 14%."
I read somewhere that colons and semicolons can never be used interchangeably. However, I feel that either a colon or a semicolon can be used in this sentence; that is, it would be grammatical to use any.