Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Wordsworth is lonely at the start of his poem; however, his mood changes when he sees the daffodils.

Wordsworth is lonely at the start of his poem, however, his mood changes when he sees the daffodils.

Wordsworth is lonely at the start of his poem; however, his mood changes when he sees the daffodils.

Wordsworth is lonely at the start of his poem however his mood changes when he sees the daffodils.

Note: the way you typed it, options A and C are the same. I've looked it up online, and found this same question. Option A is supposed to have another semicolon after the word "however", which differentiates it from letter C.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A. Wordsworth is lonely at the start of his poem; however; his mood changes when he sees the daffodils.

B. Wordsworth is lonely at the start of his poem, however, his mood changes when he sees the daffodils.

C. Wordsworth is lonely at the start of his poem; however, his mood changes when he sees the daffodils.

D. Wordsworth is lonely at the start of his poem however his mood changes when he sees the daffodils.

C. Wordsworth is lonely at the start of his poem; however, his mood changes when he sees the daffodils.

Explanation:

When using the adverb "however" to connect different sentences (not just different clauses), we need to pay special attention to punctuation. The two sentences must be separated either by a semicolon or by a period. We can, therefore, eliminate options B and C, since they use a comma and no punctuation, respectively.

We are left with options A and C. Option A uses another semicolon after "however", breaking it away from the sentence it is supposed to be included in. Such isolation makes no grammatical sense and is incorrect. The best option is letter C. "However" is separated from the previous independent sentence by a semicolon, and appropriately included in the other sentence with a comma.

our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to . . a vote in making and executing the laws.

explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)