Which sentence below is properly punctuated? a. bertie had several people working for him; a private secretary, an administrative assistant, and a research aide. b. bertie had several people working for him, a private secretary, an administrative assistant, and a research aide. c. bertie had several people working for him: a private secretary, an administrative assistant, and a research aide. select the best answer from the choices provided a b c

The answer is c. Bertie had several people working for him: a private secretary, an administrative assistant, and a research aide.

c. Bertie had several people working for him: a private secretary, an administrative assistant, and a research aide.

The colon is correct here. A colon can be used before a list that clarifies something in the sentence. The words before the colon must be a complete independent thought by themselves and not rely on the words after the colon to make the idea or sentence complete. The information after the colon should be able to be eliminated and the sentence not lose any meaning. Option A is not correct because the list after the semicolon is not a complete sentence. A semicolon separates and joins two complete sentences. Option B is also not correct because a comma is not appropriate her either.

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