please halp me answer these otherwise I'll flunk languge Arts!
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
The club can meet in one of these locations, the gym, the library, or the cafeteria.
For my birthday I received: a new bike that I plan to use in a race next month and a gift card to the local book store. *
My favorite foods are: pizza with ham and pineapple; and lasagna.
I baked many items for the bake sale: banana and blueberry
muffins; chocolate and lemon cupcakes; and blackberry and cherry pie.
Which sentence uses a comma to separate two independent clauses?
I need carrots, beans, and potatoes.
AJ likes butter, and jelly on toast.
Stu likes cake, but I like brownies. *
I
t's a great day to fly a kite because it is warm, and sunny.
1. no
2. yes
For #1, go here and click on Colon.
guidetogrammar.org/grammar/index2.htm
Read carefully, including where NOT to use a colon.
1. A?
Then D?
No
To determine which sentence is punctuated correctly, you need to understand the rules for using commas to separate items in a list.
In the first sentence, "The club can meet in one of these locations, the gym, the library, or the cafeteria," the comma is used correctly to separate the items in the list of possible meeting locations.
In the second sentence, "For my birthday, I received: a new bike that I plan to use in a race next month and a gift card to the local book store," there is a colon after "received" indicating that a list of items will follow. However, there should be a comma after "birthday" to separate the introductory phrase.
In the third sentence, "My favorite foods are: pizza with ham and pineapple; and lasagna," there should be a colon after "are" to introduce the list of favorite foods. However, there should be a comma after the word "pizza" to separate the items in the list.
In the fourth sentence, "I baked many items for the bake sale: banana and blueberry muffins; chocolate and lemon cupcakes; and blackberry and cherry pie," the sentence is punctuated correctly. Colons are used to introduce the list of items, and commas are used to separate the items in the list.
Therefore, the sentence that is punctuated correctly is:
"I baked many items for the bake sale: banana and blueberry muffins; chocolate and lemon cupcakes; and blackberry and cherry pie."
To determine which sentence uses a comma to separate two independent clauses, you need to understand the rules for comma usage with coordinating conjunctions.
In the first sentence, "I need carrots, beans, and potatoes," there are no coordinating conjunctions used to connect two independent clauses.
In the second sentence, "AJ likes butter, and jelly on toast," the coordinating conjunction "and" is used to connect the two independent clauses, but there is no comma before "and."
In the third sentence, "Stu likes cake, but I like brownies," the coordinating conjunction "but" is used to connect the two independent clauses, and there is a comma before "but." Therefore, this is the correct answer.
In the fourth sentence, "It's a great day to fly a kite because it is warm, and sunny," there are no coordinating conjunctions used to connect two independent clauses.
Therefore, the sentence that uses a comma to separate two independent clauses is:
"Stu likes cake, but I like brownies."