Which sentence is punctuated correctly? A. John played many different types of sports; baseball, soccer, football, and tennis. B
. John played many different types of sports: baseball, soccer, football, and tennis. C. John played many different types of sports baseball, soccer, football, and tennis. D. John played many different types of sports, baseball, soccer, football, and tennis.
Answer: B. John played many different types of sports: baseball, soccer, football, and tennis.
Explanation: The main use of a comma is to separate items in a list, the semicolon is used mostly to separate items in a list when one or more items contain a comma, it is also used to link sentences that are closely related. The colon acts as a pause which introduces related information, its main use is to introduce the items in a list. From the given options, the one that is punctuated correctly is option B: John played many different types of sports: baseball, soccer, football, and tennis.
