which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

A. The horse rode to our house, the beach, and around the church, before he started to tire.

B. The strong heavyset fighter won his first fight, and he was featured in the newspaper.

C. The ladies's hats were all purple; they looked so pretty.

D. We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful.

I chose B. A is wrong, C is wrong D... I don't know, it should have a period to start a new sentence: "The night was beautiful."

B needs at least one more comma.

D is correct as is.

Do you want references explaining all this?

Thank you. And yes, B needs one more comma between "strong" and "heavyset"

And I agree with you on D.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

Which of following sentences in punctuated correctly

You are correct that option A is not punctuated correctly, as it is missing the necessary punctuation to separate the list of places that the horse rode to. Let's analyze the other options to see if they are punctuated correctly.

B. "The strong heavyset fighter won his first fight, and he was featured in the newspaper."

This sentence is indeed punctuated correctly. It consists of two independent clauses connected by the coordinating conjunction "and." The comma before "and" is used to separate the clauses.

C. "The ladies's hats were all purple; they looked so pretty."

Option C is also punctuated correctly. The semicolon is used to join two closely related independent clauses. In this case, the two clauses are "The ladies's hats were all purple" and "they looked so pretty."

D. "We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful."

Option D is incorrect as you pointed out. There should be a period or alternative punctuation mark, such as a semicolon, to separate the two independent clauses: "We sat down to eat our meal outside" and "The night was beautiful."

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.