Which is/are incorrect? And why?

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<p>During Reed’s lifetime, it was a common acceptance that yellow fever was spread by contact with infected items; such as the clothing or blankets of a person with
yellow fever.</p>

<p>During Reed’s lifetime, it was a common acceptance that yellow fever was spread by contact with infected items, such as the clothing or blankets of a person with
yellow fever.</p>

<p>During Reed’s lifetime, it was a common acceptance that yellow fever was spread by contact with infected items; such as, the clothing or blankets of a person with
yellow fever.</p>

2

<p>1 and 3 are incorrect. Semicolons join independent clauses. Independent clauses can standalone, i.e., they are complete sentences. The semicolons in 1 and 3 aren’t joining independent clauses.</p>

3

<p>Then Rule #3 on this website is ruining me!</p>

<p>[Semicolons</a> | Punctuation Rules](<a href=“http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/semicolons.asp]Semicolons”>Semicolons | Semicolon Examples, Rules, and Usage)</p>

<p>Thanks for saving me though haha.</p>

4

<p>1 and 3 are wrong, but so is 2 because yellow fever is not caused by sharing clothes or blankets with an infected person; however, it is caused by a mosquito, which could be present in a blanket of an infect person. I followed rule #3 from that website without violating standard English. :D</p>

5

<p>Yellow fever is caused by viral infection; it is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes :D</p>

6

<p>…Funny funny.</p>

<p>BUT how did you do it without violating rule #3? Am I understanding it incorrectly?</p>