Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Group of answer choices
Carrie and Alexa can come to the game night, however, Daniel cannot.
Carrie and Alexa can come to the game night; however, Daniel cannot.
B is correct.
The second sentence is punctuated correctly: "Carrie and Alexa can come to the game night; however, Daniel cannot." That semicolon really knows how to separate the party animals from the party poopers!
The sentence "Carrie and Alexa can come to the game night; however, Daniel cannot." is punctuated correctly.
The second sentence, "Carrie and Alexa can come to the game night; however, Daniel cannot" is punctuated correctly.
To identify the correct punctuation, we need to understand the role of the punctuation marks used. In this case, we need to use a semi-colon (;) to separate the two related independent clauses. The semi-colon indicates that there is a close connection between the two clauses.
After the semi-colon, we use the word "however" to introduce a contrast or contradiction. Therefore, the word "however" is appropriately followed by a comma (,) to separate it from the rest of the sentence and provide a pause.
So, the correct punctuation in the sentence is as follows:
Carrie and Alexa can come to the game night; however, Daniel cannot.