How do I properly punctuate the following sentence...?

Question

Young as he was, Steve was powerfully built_?_the result of years of strength training.

What goes between the words "built" and "the"? A comma? Colon? Semi-colon? Dash?

Answer 1

I'd use a semi-colon, but other people might disagree and use a dash. Just don't use a colon or a comma.

Answer 2

Semi-colon.

Answer 3

Colon.

Answer 4

If I were writing it I would probably use a dash or a period.

Young as he was, Steve was powerfully built. The result of years of strength training.

Answer 5

semi-colon

young as he was, Steve was powerfully built; the result of years of strenght training

hope i helped!

Answer 6

You could use an em-dash here, so it would read:

Young as he was, Steve was powerfully built—the result of years of strength training.

The em-dash is usually three small dashes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em_dash#Em_...

You could also use a comma but it wouldn't have quite as strong an effect.

You can't use a semicolon. The semicolon connects two complete clauses together. "The result of years of training" is not a complete clause, so a semicolon would be incorrect.

If you use a period you will have a fragment, which is also incorrect.

Answer 7

I'd put either a comma or dash, definitly none of the other things. Probably a dash.