Explanation
Correct answer: B.
Choice B is the best answer. The convention being tested is punctuation use between sentences. In this choice, the period is used correctly to mark the boundary between the first sentence (“Alberto...Belgravia”) and the second (“Published...available”). The participial phrase beginning with “published” contains a complex series punctuated with commas and semicolons (“the Australian cities of Melbourne, Adelaide, and Hobart; the continental European cities of Brussels, Paris, and Turin; and cities in Turkey, India, and Jamaica”), and this participial phrase modifies the subject of the second sentence, “this magazine.”
Why the other choices are wrong
Choice A
Choice A is incorrect. Using a semicolon to join two main clauses in this way in combination with the semicolons that separate the items in the complex series would result in an ambiguous and confusing sentence.
Choice C
Choice C is incorrect because it results in a comma splice. With no punctuation after “Belgravia,” the participial phrase “published...Jamaica” reads as an integrated modifier within the noun phrase “the magazine Belgravia,” and the first main clause (“Alberto...Jamaica”) is then joined to a second main clause (“this...available”) using only a comma. A comma can’t be used in this way to join two main clauses.
Choice D
Choice D is incorrect because it results in a comma splice. A comma can’t be used in this way to join two main clauses.
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