Colons, semi-colons, single dashes, hyphens and bullet points

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  • Tick which sentence below correctly uses a colon.

    The tongue of a giraffe has several differences from yours: it is blue, tough and covered in bristly hair.
    The tongue of a giraffe has several differences: from yours it is blue, tough and covered in bristly hair.
    The tongue of a giraffe has several differences from yours it is blue, tough: and covered in bristly hair.
    The tongue of a giraffe: has several differences from yours: it is blue, tough and covered in bristly hair.

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    The tongue of a giraffe has several differences from yours: it is blue, tough and covered in bristly hair.