Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
Identify or correct the error if there is one:
Sara's and Ben's car is in the garage.
Sara and Ben's car is in the garage.
Fill in each blank below with a colon, a comma, or a semicolon.
After she finishes her Ph.D. _____ Selma would like to work as a research scientist.
comma (,)
Not only did Hank despise the way June chewed with her mouth open, _________ finding her wet towels all over the bathroom floor.
A. but also disliked B. but also disliking C. but he also disliked
C
My … favorite food is pizza. They both share one every week.
brothers’
Here’s the best Shakespeare biography ever written _____ Stephen Greenblatt’s Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare.
colon (:)
To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or __________.
A. refuses to scrub the bathtub B. won’t scrub the bathtub C. scrub the bathtub
C
… bicycle is broken, so he’s going to take a bus to work today.
Robert’s
William Faulkner created the Yoknapatawpha mythology _____ Malcolm Cowley recognized and analyzed it.
semicolon (;)
When Diane takes her beagle for a walk, Santana enjoys sniffing for edible garbage, __________, and lunging at squirrels.
A. howls at bicyclists B. howling at bicyclists C. she howls at bicyclists
B
Those are my … toys on the floor. They didn’t put them away.
children’s
The city had declared a snow emergency day_____ nevertheless, we drove the car downtown so we could do some shopping.
semicolon (;)
In preparation for her run, Alicia __________, applied sunscreen, and inserted her earbuds.
A. tightened her shoelaces B. was tightening her shoelaces C. did tighten her shoelaces
A
Monday was their last … to study before their test on Tuesday.
day
If students want to write credible, effective essays _____ they must learn to punctuate their sentences correctly.
comma (,)
Carlos not only missed his one-year anniversary with Adrianna __________.
A. but he also forgot his mother’s birthday B. but also forgot his mother’s birthday C. but also forgetting his mother’s birthday
B