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In which sentence is all punctuation correct?
Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts: he served nine terms in the Senate.
Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts; he served nine terms in the Senate.
Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts, he served nine terms in the Senate.
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The second sentence with the semicolon is correct:
"Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts; he served nine terms in the Senate."
Reason: both parts are independent clauses, and a semicolon properly links two closely related independent clauses. The comma version is a comma splice; the colon could be acceptable only if the second clause is presented as an explanation or amplification.
"Ted Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts; he served nine terms in the Senate."
Reason: both parts are independent clauses, and a semicolon properly links two closely related independent clauses. The comma version is a comma splice; the colon could be acceptable only if the second clause is presented as an explanation or amplification.
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