Question

He played several defensive positions extremely well and was the most aggressive and (1)successful baserunner of his era no other player since World War II has more steals of home than Robinson.

Read the part underlined (1).
There may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose ‘Correct as is.’
A) Correct as is.
B) successful baserunner of his era - no other player since World War II has more steals of home
C) successful baserunner of his era, no other player since World War II has more steals of home
D) successful baserunner of his era; no other player since World War II has more steals of home

Answer 1

D) successful baserunner of his era; no other player since World War II has more steals of home

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) successful baserunner of his era; no other player since World War II has more steals of home.

When writing an essay or article, you have to use the correct forms. A semicolon helps the writer to connect two similar ideas or closely connected ideas in a sentence. It is a way for the author to use punctuation more elegantly. Semicolons help us to join two ideas that have a similar rank or position in the sentence.