My brother's best friends are Pete, a senior, Ruth, a junior, and Joe, a sophomore.

A. Change all the commas to semicolons

B. Change the commas following Pete, Ruth, and Joe to semicolons

C. Change the commas following senior and junior to semicolons

D. No change needs to be made to this sentence

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23 September, 07:36

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Jamir Ward · Answer 1

D. Semicolons are only used when both sides of the semicolon can stand alone as their own sentences about very similar topics.

My brother's best friends are Pete, a senior, Ruth, a junior, and Joe, a sophomore.A. Change all the commas to semicolonsB. Change the commas following Pete, Ruth, and Joe to semicolonsC. Change the commas following senior and junior to semicolonsD. No change needs to be made to this sentence