Question

In which sentence is all punctuation correct?

Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts, he served nine terms in the Senate.
Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts: he served nine terms in the Senate.
Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts; he served nine terms in the Senate.
@Whitemonsterbunny17

Answer 1

What's your guess?

Answer 2

A good way to solve the problem is to, firstly, look at the differences in punctuation, then secondly, define each one- ask yourself, what does a comma do? what does a colon do? what does a semi-colon do? And what's the difference.
For this particular question, note that the sentence itself is actually made up of 2 sentences (or 2 independent clauses, meaning each part separated by the punctuation can stand alone).
CLUE? It's not the comma.
Hope this helps without breaking OS rules

Answer 3

Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts; he served nine terms in the Senate.?

Answer 4

Wow, amazing response! @Kennedii

Answer 5

Thanks. Hope this actually helps with other questions like this. And yes @Artiom9146 because a semi-colon acts like a conjunction, it joins. It also helps in a run-on sentence.

Answer 6

Dude. You deserve a way higher smart score than you have now. XD

Answer 7

^ Yep.

Answer 8

Thanks all for the help.

Answer 9

No prob. PS I'm new so my score is just as new. Lol. Really glad to help though.