Question

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Grandmother is adept at several types of art: painting, sculpting, and engraving.
Grandmother is adept at several types of art; painting, sculpting, and engraving.
Grandmother is adept at several types of art: painting; sculpting; and engraving.
@Whitemonsterbunny17

Answer 1

Well, which one do you think looks to be correct?

Answer 2

Grandmother is adept at several types of art; painting, sculpting, and engraving.?

Answer 3

Nope, because a semi colon separates two sentences that can function on their own.

Answer 4

Close, you only use a semicolon when combining two complete sentences.
You'd use a colon because colons are used when listing things.

Answer 5

so which would it be?

Answer 6

Well, it is listing things, so you'd use a colon.. ":" rather than a semicolon ";".

Answer 7

Does that make sense?

Answer 8

Grandmother is adept at several types of art: painting, sculpting, and engraving.

Answer 9

correct?

Answer 10

Yes, that's correct.
Great work! :D