Interrupting Colon

[Grammarholic]

Is this legal with regard to punctuation (as an option to other methods)?

My question is: How do you get around it?

My question is—how do you get around it? (Is the dash a good "fudge"? Okay with this one?)

My question is, how do you get around it?

I'm told, again, as an option, these are fine. Do you agree?

Best,

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[Mister Micawber]

I don't really like any of them.
My question is "How do you get around it?"
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[Mordant]

I agree, MM. This is a pet peeve. I hate colons that separate verbs from direct objects or subject complements. I also hate setting off a prepositional phrase with a colon.

My question is how you get around it.

The word "question" tends to cause some to phrase something as an interrogative sentence. That's really not necessary.