Asked by rfvv
1. I have three favorite foods: pizza, coffee, and ice cream.
2. I have three favorite foods, that is to say, pizza, coffee, and ice cream.
3. I have three favorite foods, viz. pizza, coffee, and ice cream.
4. I have three favorite foods, viz., pizza, coffee, and ice cream.
5. I have three favorite foods, viz pizza, coffee, and ice cream.
6. I have three favorite foods, viz, pizza, coffee, and ice cream.
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Which ones are the same as #1? Let me clarify the use of punctuations here.
Thank you.
2. I have three favorite foods, that is to say, pizza, coffee, and ice cream.
3. I have three favorite foods, viz. pizza, coffee, and ice cream.
4. I have three favorite foods, viz., pizza, coffee, and ice cream.
5. I have three favorite foods, viz pizza, coffee, and ice cream.
6. I have three favorite foods, viz, pizza, coffee, and ice cream.
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Which ones are the same as #1? Let me clarify the use of punctuations here.
Thank you.
Answers
Answered by
Reed
They all mean the same. The colon should be used in all of them, with or without "viz." (viz.: pizza...). "I have three favorite foods, viz.: pizza,..." viz. is not necessary, though.