Which sentence is correct? A. The contest received over two hundred essays three were judged to be good enough for publication. B. The contest received over two hundred essays, three were judged to be good enough for publication. C. The contest received over two hundred essays unfortunately only three were judged to be good enough, for publication. D. The contest received over two hundred essays; three were judged to be good enough for publication.

D. The contest received over two hundred essays; three were judged to be good enough for publication.

Explanation:

In a correct grammatical sentence, there are numerous punctuation marks that can signify how a sentence can be correctly written. These punctuation marks play an important role in how the sentence comes out and is represented.

In the given sentence, the best / correct sentence is the sentence that has the semi-colon in it. This semi-colon allows the two parts of the sentence to be separate yet have a connection. The semi-colon is used to connect two related sentences yet have contrasting opinions or statements.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.