Question

In which of the following sentences is a semicolon correctly used?

A. I have a bicycle; skates; and a snowboard.
B. John said to Sasha; "Let's go on a bicycle trip."
C. John helped Sasha; another rider; put air in her bicycle's tires.
D. I have a bicycle; I'll be riding it later today.
Help please!!!!!!

Answer 1

A. No. Do not use the semicolon in simple lists. Sometimes it is used as a "supercomma" when items contain comma, but not in simple situations such as in this example.

B. No. Use commas between attribution and speeches.

C. No. Use commas for parenthetical material. The semicolons are so bad here it is hard to tell what was intended. A possible interpretation would be that John helped Sasha while some third person (another rider) put air in her tires.

D. Yes. You may use a semicolon to join independent clauses that are closely related.

Answer 2

dont give them the answer you can get in a lot of trouble @larseighner

Answer 3

D