Question

In which of the following sentence is a semicolon correctly used? A) I have a bicycle; skates; and a snowboard. B) John said to sasha; let's go on a bicycle trip. C) John helped sasha; another rider; put air in her bicycles tires. D) I have a bicycle; I'll be riding in later today.

Answer 1

The question is asking In which of the following sentence is a semicolon correctly used? and the sentences are: A) I have a bicycle; skates; and a snowboard. B) John said to sasha; let's go on a bicycle trip. C) John helped sasha; another rider; put air in her bicycles tires. D) I have a bicycle; I'll be riding in later today. A semicolon is used to connect two independent phrases, and the correct answer is D - the first independent phrase is "I have a bicycle" and the second one is "I'll be riding it later today"

Answer 2

Answer:

D: I have a bicycle; I'll be riding in later today.

a semicolon connects to phrases that go in succession or are related..

the first independent phrase is "I have a bicycle" and the second one is "I'll be riding it later today"

a thing i have noted is that if you can replace the semicolon ';' with the word 'anyways' and the phrase makes sense then the semicolon was correctly placed.