Question

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.

Example
1.
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.

In Washington, D.C., we visited three museums in a single day the National Portrait Gallery, the Freer Gallery of Art, and the National Museum of Natural History.

Answer 1

In Washington, D.C., we visited three museums in a single day: the National Portrait Gallery, the Freer Gallery of Art, and the National Museum of Natural History.

Answer 2

In Washington D.C., we visited three museums in a single day : the National Portrait Gallery, the Freer Gallery of Art, and the National Museum of Natural History.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct rewriting of the sentence will be -

In Washington D.C., we visited three museums in a single day : the National Portrait Gallery, the Freer Gallery of Art, and the National Museum of Natural History.

The use of the comma right after Washington is wrong as it is the name of a single particular place so it should instead be written as Washington D. C.

Also, a semicolon has to be inserted in between day and the. Since the sentence lists a number of places, the use of a colon is necessary to show the list of the places visited.

So, the changes in the sentence are-

(a) remove the comma (,) in between Washington and D.

(b) put a colon (:) right next to the word "day".