Question

In which sentence is all punctuation correct?

Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts, he served nine terms in the Senate.

Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts; he served nine terms in the Senate.

Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts: he served nine terms in the Senate.

Answer 1

its the second option

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts; he served nine terms in the Senate.

Step-by-step explanation:

First example is a run-on sentence. Semi-colons are used to join two complete sentences. A colon would be used to add detail or explanation related to first part of a sentence but would not have complete sentence. For example Ted Kennedy was from a New England state: Massachusetts.