which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Art, Brenda Clavin, and I are attending tomorrow's band and choir concert.

Art; Brenda; Clavin; and I are attending tomorrow's band, and choir concert.

Art; Brenda; Clavin; and I are attending tomorrow's band and choir concert.

Art; Brenda, Clavin, and I are attending tomorrow's band, and choir concert.

1 answer

The correctly punctuated sentence is:

Art; Brenda; Clavin; and I are attending tomorrow's band and choir concert.

However, please note that the use of semicolons here is unusual, as semicolons are typically used to separate items in a list when the items themselves contain commas. Since "Brenda" and "Clavin" are not complex items, a simple comma would suffice in most cases:

Art, Brenda, Clavin, and I are attending tomorrow's band and choir concert.

This alteration would be standard punctuation if no additional context requires semicolons.