Question

noredink lq 16: clauses with colons & semi colons question 5 of 20 fix any punctuation or capitalization errors below. click \submit answer\ if there are none. some of the football players walked to the stadium: others hitched a ride with eda clawthorne.

Explanation:

The sentence presents two independent clauses ("Some of the football players walked to the stadium" and "others hitched a ride with Eda Clawthorne") that are related in meaning. A semicolon is appropriate to separate two independent clauses that are closely connected in thought, while a colon is typically used for introducing a list, explanation, or quote. So we replace the colon with a semicolon.

Answer:

Some of the football players walked to the stadium; others hitched a ride with Eda Clawthorne.