Punctuation Mark Selection Exercises
Choose the correct punctuated sentence: Gwadar is a beautiful port city; the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean., Gwadar is a beautiful port city, the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean., Gwadar is a beautiful port city: the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean., None of these
Answer: Gwadar is a beautiful port city; the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
Explanation
Gwadar is a beautiful port city; the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
A semicolon (;) correctly separates two independent clauses that are closely related in meaning.
Using a comma instead would create a comma splice, which is grammatically incorrect.
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