Choose correctly if the sentence uses semicolons correctly or incorrect if is does not.

Question

Choose correctly if the sentence uses semicolons correctly or incorrect if is does not.

1:We travel by car on the other hand;our parents went by plane.(incorrect*)

2:On our trip through New England, we stopped at Boston, Massachusetts; keene, New Hampshire; and Rutland, Vermont.(correct*)

Are these correct?

Answer 1

Okay, thank you, so much!

Answer 2

You're welcome. Let us know what you decide -- on both posts. =)

Answer 3

Is one correct, because it says, on the other hand?

Answer 4

In #1, the semicolon should be BEFORE "on the other hand," and there should be a comma after "hand." Also, there needs to be a space after the semicolons, just as there should be after just about all marks of punctuation.

The original #1 is incorrect, as you stated. Now ... what about #2?

Answer 5

choose correct if the sentence uses semicolons correctly or incorrect if it does. "Maya has a new puppy, futhermore, its ears are floppy.

Answer 6

Incorrect.

Answer 7

Choose correctly if the sentence uses semicolons correctly or incorrect if is does not.

Okay, thank you, so much!

You're welcome. Let us know what you decide -- on both posts. =)

Is one correct, because it says, on the other hand?

In #1, the semicolon should be BEFORE "on the other hand," and there should be a comma after "hand." Also, there needs to be a space after the semicolons, just as there should be after just about all marks of punctuation.

choose correct if the sentence uses semicolons correctly or incorrect if it does. "Maya has a new puppy, futhermore, its ears are floppy.

Incorrect.

Go to your earlier post and study the webpage I gave you. Then try again.