Question

Which sentence below is properly punctuated? a. When you arrive on the train, take a taxi to the bus station; I can meet you at the bus station. b. When you arrive on the train: take a taxi to the bus station; or I can meet you at the train. c. When you arrive on the train, take a taxi to the bus station. or I can meet you at the train. d. When you arrive on the train, take a taxi to the bus station, I can meet you at the bus station. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Answer 1

The answer is A. In this example there are three punctuation marks: a comma ( , ), a semicolon ( ; ) and a period ( . ). The comma is separating two sentences, a independent clause: When you arrive on the train from the dependent clause: take a taxi to the bus station. The semicolon can separate two independent clauses or substitute a conjunction, it gives proper meaning to a sentence. The period ends a sentence.