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Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

A. The horse rode to our house, the beach, and around the church, before he started to tire.

B. We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful.

C. The ladies's hats were all purple; they looked so pretty.

D. The strong heavyset fighter won his first fight, and he was featured in the newspaper.

Answer Explanation:

"We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful." The semicolon (;) is used correctly in this choice.

Choice A has a comma before and which makes it incorrect.
Choice C has an s after the apostrophe in ladies's, hence it is incorrect.

Choice D also has a comma before and making it incorrect.
Note: And is a joining word and hence should not have commas before or after it.

Therefore, the Correct Answer is B.

Q #1: Which of the following sentences contains formal language, rather than informal language?

A. The blue-footed booby is a magnificent specimen.

B. When traveling alone, be on the lookout for pick-pockets.

C. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

D. I didn't want to tell on my friends, but the teacher gave me no choice.

Answer Explanation

Formal language is less personal than informal language. It is used when writing for professional or academic purposes like graduate school assignments . Formal language does not use colloquialisms, contractions or first-person pronouns such as "I" or "We." A is the correct use of formal language as there is no personal information or first person pronouns used to bring out the message.
Q #2: "The skies are clear, and I predict no rain in the ____________ future," the weather reporter announced. Which word is best suited to fill the underlined gap?

A. Forseeible

B. Forseeable

C. Foreseeable

D. Foreseable

Answer Explanation

C is the correct spelling of the word foreseeable.
Q #3: "The top-secret blueprints were for an intergalactic spaceship." Which of the following is the meaning of the prefix "inter-" as used in the sentence above?

A. Past

B. Among

C. Into

D. Below

Answer Explanation

The prefix "inter-" in this context indicates a sense of "among" or "between."

It implies that the intergalactic spaceship exists or operates between different galaxies or within the realm of multiple galaxies.

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