The following sentence lacks necessary commas, semicolons, and colons.

Choose the answer that demonstrates correct separation of the elements in a series.

Barbara's parents have lived in Anchorage Alaska Bombay India and Detroit Michigan.

a. Barbara's parents have lived in Anchorage, Alaska: Bombay, India: and Detroit, Michigan.

b. Barbara's parents have lived in Anchorage, Alaska, Bombay, India, and Detroit, Michigan.

c. Barbara's parents have lived in Anchorage: Alaska; Bombay: ...

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Yareli Weaver

21 March, 13:28

The following sentence lacks necessary commas, semicolons, and colons.

Choose the answer that demonstrates correct separation of the elements in a series.

Barbara's parents have lived in Anchorage Alaska Bombay India and Detroit Michigan.

a. Barbara's parents have lived in Anchorage, Alaska: Bombay, India: and Detroit, Michigan.

b. Barbara's parents have lived in Anchorage, Alaska, Bombay, India, and Detroit, Michigan.

c. Barbara's parents have lived in Anchorage: Alaska; Bombay: ...

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Zack Avila · Answer 1

Essentially, the sentence is giving a list of items, some of which have the same position, but some are specifications of other items (so India is a specification of "Bombay").

In this situation the items are separated by a semicolon and the items and their specifications are separated by a colon:

Barbara’s parents have lived in Anchorage: Alaska; Bombay:India; and Detroit, Michigan.