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Indeed, without immediate help, many people in America face a startling dilemma hunger.
Which is the best way to punctuate the sentence?
Indeed, without immediate help, many people in America face: a startling dilemma, hunger.
Indeed, without immediate help, many people in America face a startling dilemma: hunger.
Indeed, without immediate help, many people in America face a startling dilemma; hunger.
Indeed, without immediate help, many people in America face a startling dilemma, hunger.
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The best choice is:
Indeed, without immediate help, many people in America face a startling dilemma: hunger.
Why: a colon is correct after an independent clause when what follows explains or restates it. "Hunger" explains the "startling dilemma." The semicolon option is wrong because "hunger" is not an independent clause; the comma versions are weaker or ungrammatical for this structure. (An em dash — "face a startling dilemma — hunger." — would also be a stylistic alternative for emphasis.)
Indeed, without immediate help, many people in America face a startling dilemma: hunger.
Why: a colon is correct after an independent clause when what follows explains or restates it. "Hunger" explains the "startling dilemma." The semicolon option is wrong because "hunger" is not an independent clause; the comma versions are weaker or ungrammatical for this structure. (An em dash — "face a startling dilemma — hunger." — would also be a stylistic alternative for emphasis.)
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