Punctuation
In which situation would you use a period?
a. items in a series
b. abbreviations of organizations
c. declarative sentence with a compound subject
c. declarative sentence with a compound subject
Use a colon after the salutation of a business letter.
True
Which of the following uses correct punctuation?
a. The little girl, who skinned her knee, was sent to the school's nurse.
b. The little girl who skinned her knee was sent to the school's nurse.
b. The little girl who skinned her knee was sent to the school's nurse.
Use a dash in all fractions.
False - hyphen
Which of the following sentences uses punctuation correctly?
a. Major Pickering and Professor Higgins, taught Eliza to speak clearly.
b. Major Pickering and Professor Higgins' taught Eliza to speak clearly.
c. Major Pickering and Professor Higgins taught Eliza to speak clearly.
c. Major Pickering and Professor Higgins taught Eliza to speak clearly.
Italics are used to set off foreign words or phrases that have not been accepted as English.
True
Which of the following uses punctuation correctly?
a. Have you read the short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that is found in the book Great American Short Stories.
b. Have you read the short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," that is found in the book, Great American Short Stories.
c. Have you read the short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that is found in the book Great American Short Stories?
c. Have you read the short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that is found in the book Great American Short Stories?
Use quotation marks to indicate letters and words referred to as such (as words).
False - italics (underline)
Which of the following sentences uses punctuation correctly?
a. In June of '2010, our family moved from 3256 Norcross Avenue, Franklin, Georgia; to 901 Augusta Lane, Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
b. In June of 2010, our family moved from 3256 Norcross Avenue, Franklin, Georgia, to 901 Augusta Lane, Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
c. In June of 2010 our family moved from 3256 Norcross Avenue, Franklin, Georgia, to, 901 Augusta Lane, Fort Walton Beach Florida.
b. In June of 2010, our family moved from 3256 Norcross Avenue, Franklin, Georgia, to 901 Augusta Lane, Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
Use italics when naming chapters of books, short poems, and song titles.
False - quotation marks