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Punctuation Quick Check
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Question
Where should the colon be placed to provide clarification for a thought?(1 point)
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Taking a break is usually a good idea: you can clear your head and things feel easier when you go back to work.
Taking a break is usually a good idea: you can clear your head and things feel easier when you go back to work.

Taking a break: is usually a good idea you can clear your head and things feel easier when you go back to work.
Taking a break: is usually a good idea you can clear your head and things feel easier when you go back to work.

Taking a break is usually a good idea, you can clear your head: and things feel easier when you go back to work.
Taking a break is usually a good idea, you can clear your head: and things feel easier when you go back to work.

Taking a break is usually a good idea you can clear your head and things feel easier: when you go back to work.

Answer 1

The correct placement of the colon for clarification in the provided sentence is:

**"Taking a break is usually a good idea: you can clear your head and things feel easier when you go back to work."**

This sentence correctly uses the colon to introduce an explanation or elaboration of the thought presented before it.