Question

In this sentence below, how would you improve the passage so it's properly cited.

1.Last summer, my family and I traveled to Chicago, which was quite different from the rural area I grew up in. We saw the dinosaur Sue at the Field Museum, and ate pizza at Gino's East.

Answer 1

I would use a semi-colon instead of a comma after Chicago.

Perhaps say "We saw the dinosaur named Sue at the Field Museum" also.

Answer 2

that passage is fine - though in uk we would spell the seventh word 'travelled'.

Answer 3

thanks

Answer 4

A semicolon separates 2 independent clauses, which you don't have. The comma usage is correct. To merit a semicolon, you could write it like this... "Last summer, my family and I traveled to Chicago; it was quite different from the rural area I grew up in.
For the second sentence, you could say, "We saw Sue the dinosaur at the Field Museum, and ate pizza at Gino's East.