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USING SEMICOLONS AND COLONS CORRECTLY Correct the punctuation in the following sentences by re-writing the sentence, adding semicolons and colons where they are needed and by changing other punctuation and capitalization as needed.

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The following items were among those rationed in the United States during World War II coffee, cars, sugar, and tires.


Corrected version: The following items were among those rationed in the United States during World War II: coffee, cars, sugar, and tires.

Jolene works twenty hours a week as a result, she has saved several hundred dollars for college.

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Answer:

Jolene works twenty hours a week; as a result, she has saved several hundred dollars for college.

Step-by-step explanation:

Both sentences separated by the semicolon are independent but closely related to each other.

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Answer:

Jolene works twenty hours a week; as a result, she has saved several hundred dollars for college.

Step-by-step explanation:

I belive that is correct

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