Question

which sentence is correctly punctuated?
a. freida has lived in san francisco, california, fort worth, texas, atlanta, georgia, and missoula, montana.
b. freida has lived in san francisco, california; fort worth, texas; atlanta, georgia; and missoula, montana.
c. freida has lived in san francisco, california: fort worth, texas: atlanta, georgia: and missoula, montana.
d. freida has lived in san francisco california, fort worth texas, atlanta georgia, and missoula montana.

Explanation:

To determine the correctly punctuated sentence, we analyze the use of punctuation for listing items with city - state pairs. When listing items that themselves contain internal punctuation (the comma between city and state), we use semicolons to separate the items in the list.

• Option A uses commas to separate the city - state pairs, which is incorrect as the city - state pairs already have commas.
• Option B uses semicolons to separate the city - state pairs, which is the correct way to punctuate this list.
• Option C uses colons, which are not appropriate for separating items in this kind of list.
• Option D omits the commas between the cities and states, which is incorrect punctuation.

Answer:

B. Freida has lived in San Francisco, California; Fort Worth, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; and Missoula, Montana.