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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

a. The possible dates for their family reunion are: June 13-21; July 18-26; or August 8-16.
b. On our trip through South America, we visited Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; and Lima, Peru.
c. Fred can speak these languages: Japanese; Korean; and Tagalog.
d. Harrison County; Mississippi, Mobile County; Alabama, and Hillsborough County; Florida are all right on the Gulf of Mexico.
c or d

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The sentence that is punctuated correctly is letter B. On our trip through South America, we visited Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; and Lima, Peru. This applies to the rule of using semicolons to separate words, when there's a series of words that uses commas. 
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