USING SEMICOLONS AND COLONS CORRECTLY Correct the punctuation in the following sentences by re-writing the sentence, adding semicolons and colons where they are needed and by changing other punctuation and capitalization as needed.


You may not recognize Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer’s name you have probably read, however, the column she writes under her pen name, Ann Landers.

Respuesta :

You may not recognize Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer’s name. You have probably read, however, the column she writes under her pen name; Ann Landers.

The correct punctuation in the sentences presented above is the following:

You may not recognize Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer’s name; you have probably read, however, the column she writes under her pen name, Ann Landers.

* a semicolon has been added after “Lederer’s name” to join two closely related independent clauses.