Question

USING SEMICOLONS AND COLONS CORRECTLY Correct the punctuation in the following sentenc sentence, adding semicolons and colons where they are needed and by changing other punctuation and Example 1. The following items were among those rationed in the United States during World War coffee, cars, sugar, and tires. Corrected version: The following items were among those rationed in the United State during World War II: coffee, cars, sugar, and tires. Pastor Elrod's sermon today was based on Matthew 53, which is the opening verse of the Sermon on the Mount.​

Answer 1

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The letter from the sweepstakes company began, “Dear Finalist;” it went on to tell me that I might already have won $10,000,000.

In the sentence given, the introduction of the quotation must include a comma. Moreover, because it is a compound sentence that contains two independent clauses, they can be joined with a semicolon or a coordinating conjunction. In ths case, the semicolon is placed within the quotation mark.