Question

What is the correct way to revise the punctuation in the sentence? We could choose one of three ice cream flavors that had strawberries, cherries, and blueberries; chocolate chips, peanut butter, and fudge; or almonds, walnuts, and pecans. We could choose one of three ice cream flavors that had strawberries: cherries: and blueberries; chocolate chips: peanut butter: and fudge; or almonds: walnuts: and pecans. We could choose one of three ice cream flavors that had strawberries, cherries, and blueberries, chocolate chips, peanut butter, and fudge, or almonds, walnuts, and pecans. We could choose one of three ice cream flavors that had strawberries; cherries; and blueberries; chocolate chips; peanut butter; and fudge; or almonds; walnuts; and pecans. Mark this and return Save and Exit

Answer 1

The answer is A. "We could choose one of the three ice cream flavors that had strawberries, cherries, and blueberries; chocolate chips, peanut butter, and fudge; or almonds, walnuts, and pecans."

Answer 2

Answer: The first option.

Explanation: This version of the sentence is the only one where commas and semicolons are used logically to preserve the hierarchy of the lists: semicolons are used to separate three list elements (the ice cream flavors) that are themselves composed of three-element lists separated by commas (strawberries, cherries and blueberries in the first case).