Question

question 3
in the sentence below, which contains items in a series that already contain commas, after which words should you change the comma to a semicolon?
my schedule this semester includes beginning chemistry, which is really difficult because of the lab component, sports economics, taught by the head of the athletics department, and world music, to fulfill my core requirement in the arts.
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a chemistry, economics, and music
b chemistry, component, and music
c component and department
d chemistry, component, economics, department, and music

Explanation:

To determine where to change commas to semicolons in a series with internal commas, we analyze the sentence structure. The items in the series are "Beginning Chemistry, which is really difficult because of the lab component", "Sports Economics, taught by the head of the Athletics Department", and "World Music, to fulfill my Core requirement in the arts". The commas after "component" (ending the first item's internal commas) and "Department" (ending the second item's internal commas) should be changed to semicolons to separate the main series items clearly. Option c lists "component" and "Department", which are the words after whose commas we need to use semicolons.

Answer:

c. component and Department