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For my birthday I received: a new bike that I plan to use in a race next month and a gift card to the local book store.
For my birthday I received: a new bike that I plan to use in a race next month and a gift card to the local book store.
My favorite foods are: pizza with ham and pineapple; and lasagna.
My favorite foods are: pizza with ham and pineapple; and lasagna.
I baked many items for the bake sale: banana and blueberry muffins; chocolate and lemon cupcakes; and blackberry and cherry pie.
I baked many items for the bake sale: banana and blueberry muffins; chocolate and lemon cupcakes; and blackberry and cherry pie.
The club can meet in one of these locations, the gym, the library, or the cafeteria.
The club can meet in one of these locations, the gym, the library, or the cafeteria.
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The sentence that is punctuated correctly is:
"I baked many items for the bake sale: banana and blueberry muffins; chocolate and lemon cupcakes; and blackberry and cherry pie."
The use of the colon is appropriate for introducing the list, and the semicolons are correctly used to separate the items in that list, as they contain internal commas.
