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Commas
Semicolon & Colons
Dash, Brackets, and Hyphens
Quotation Marks
Apostrophes & Italics
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Danny likes basketball and tennis but he does not enjoy football.
42.8- joining independent clauses w/ comma and coordinating conjunction tennis, but
100
William Congreve once made this statement "Music has charms to soothe the savage beast."
42. 19- introduces a statement or quotation formally announced statement: "Music
100
Sixty one tiles were placed in the foyer.
42.45 Hyphens in Compound Numbers from 21 to 99 Sixty-one
100
Which TWO punctuation marks go INSIDE the CLOSING quotation mark?
42.34 Commas and Periods
100
The hat of the boy
The boy's hat
200
The Bible teaches Christ's death burial and bodily resurrection.
42.9 Separating items in a series death, burial, and bodily
200
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42. 16- independent clauses joined by transitional words time; however
200
A) Two-thirds of the milk was gone. B) A two-thirds majority was needed for the win.
42.47 B) Use hyphens for fractions used as adjectives
200
A) The war hero said, "I fear nothing but doing wrong". B) The war hero said, "I fear nothing but doing wrong." C) The war hero said "I fear nothing but doing wrong."
B) 42.31 & 42.34
200
The den of the lions
The lions' den
300
Before eating my grandfather would always drink a large glass of water.
42.9 C - Avoid misreading Before eating,
300
Punishment brings wisdom it is the healing art of wickedness.
42.14- between independent clauses w/o a comma and a coordinating conjunction. wisdom; it
300
The purple faced boy was choking on a piece of candy.
42.50 Compound Adjectives before a noun purple-faced
300
A) In the Bible, who said "How forcible are right words!" Jimmy asked. B) "In the Bible, who said "How forcible are right words"?" Jimmy asked. C) "In the Bible, who said, 'How forcible are right words"?" Jimmy asked.
C) 42.36 & 42.41 Question marks go outside closing quotation mark if quote is not a question Enclose quotes within a quote in single quotations.
300
Each room of Martha and Jamie
Martha's and Jamie's room
400
The Spartans were an austere warlike breed of men.
42.9 - separate 2 or more coordinate adjectives austere, warlike
400
These are the most expensive colleges to attend in the United States: Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia, and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
42. 17 items in a series if the items themselves contain commas Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts ; William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia ; and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
400
In March of that year 1834 nothing particularly interesting occurred.
42.29 brackets enclose editorial corrections, comments or explanations. year [1834] nothing
400
A) "Even though I feel sick," the girl said, "The project will be completed." B) "Even though I feel sick," the girl sad, "the project will be completed."
B) 42.32
400
Which words should be italics? The Scientific American [magazine] wrote on article on the Voyager 2 and the spacecraft's journey into space.
Scientific American Voyager 2
500
A) Mozart's opera Don Giovanni is considered by many music critics to be his greatest work. B) Mozart's opera, Don Giovanni, is considered by many music critics to be his greatest work.
What is A) ESSENTIAL ELEMENT 42.10 use commas to separate nonessential elements in a sentence
500
During the mission trip, we visited the following countries Spain, Portugal, and France.
42.18- "as follows" "the following" the following countries: Spain
500
Math, Science, and History these were the subjects he enjoyed most.
42.24 use a dash after a series of words or phrases that give details about the statement to follow Math, Science, and History- these
500
A) "Do you love your life?" asked Franklin. "Then don't squander your time." B) "Do you love your life?" asked Franklin. "then don't squander your time."
A)
500
In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Pearl has a difficult time learning to write her d's and t's.
The Scarlet Letter d t