Grammar Time 🔨
What are two names for the third comma in the sentence below?
The biggest movies of 2023 were Barbie, Oppenheimer, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Oxford comma / serial comma / series comma
Spot the error in this sentence and indicate at least one way to correct it.
I was busy, I didn't ask.
Error: Commas splice.
Corrections:
I was busy, so I didn’t ask.
I was busy; I didn’t ask.
I was busy. I didn’t ask.
Identify three punctuation errors in the sentence below:
Intent on becoming Japans No 1 MBA Hori announced his plans for the coming year.
Apostrophe, period, comma:
Intent on becoming Japan's No. 1 MBA, Hori announced his plans for the coming year.
What does the Microsoft Word function 変更履歴 translate to in English?
Track Changes
Which is correct?
A. Please accept the changes.
B. Please except the changes.
A. Please accept the changes.
Accept (v.): to receive willingly or to give admittance or approval to
Except (prep.): excluding
Which letters should be capitalized in the below title according to headline style?
the girl who circumnavigated fairyland in a ship of her own making
T, G, W, C, F, S, H, O, and M
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
If you remove the Oxford comma in the sentence below, how many people is the speaker talking about?
I shared the news with my parents, Jo, and Amy.
2
When is it correct to hyphenate an -ly adverb?
Never!
Find the factual error in this sentence:
Yoshito Hori founded GLOBIS in 1991 after leaving his job at Sumitomo Corporation, a trading company.
Yoshito Hori founded GLOBIS in 1992 after leaving his job at Sumitomo Corporation, a trading company.
Which is correct?
A. He peeked around the next bend and finally saw the peak.
B. He peaked around the next bend and finally saw the peek.
A. He peeked around the next bend and finally saw the peak.
Peek (v.): to look furtively
Peak (n.): a high or pointed part of something
When should adjective phrases ending in -ed or -ing be hyphenated in a sentence?
Hyphenate -ed or -ing adjectives before a noun, but not after.
How many semicolons should you input in the below sentence for better clarity?
We opened hubs in San Francisco, California, Bangkok, Thailand, Brussels, Belgium, China, and Singapore.
4
What is the functional difference between a hyphen, an en dash, and an em dash?
Hyphens join compound words.
En dashes indicate a range.
Em dashes separate statements.
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Time for a lightning round!
Which is correct?
A. I don't know who to ask.
B. I don't know whom to ask.
B. I don't know whom to ask.
who = subject
whom = object
What is the bolded part of the sentence below?
He ran into Glosuke at the club.
A. a word
B. a phrase
C. a clause
D. a participle
C. a clause.
How many commas (and where) does this sentence need for clarity?
GLOBIS was launched on Saturday August 1 1992 by Yoshito Hori who had recently completed his MBA at Harvard Business School in Boston Massachusetts.
5
GLOBIS was launched on Saturday, August 1, 1992, by Yoshito Hori, who had recently completed his MBA at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts.
How many hyphens are needed to correct the sentence below?
We have Tokyo, Sendai, and Osaka based programs.
3
We have Tokyo-, Sendai-, and Osaka-based programs.
Many academic materials use AP to guide their style. What does AP refer to?
The Associated Press Stylebook
Which is correct?
A. The suspect eluded capture.
B. The suspect alluded capture.
A. The suspect eluded capture.
elude: to escape
allude: to make an indirect reference to
What is the grammatical term for the error in the below sentence?
Turning up the volume, the whole sixth floor started thumping with music.
Dangling modifier
Is the below comma correct?
The reason is, he values customer loyalty above all else.
No.
What are the fourteen punctuation marks in the English language?
Periods, commas, colons, semicolons, parentheses, brackets, dashes, hyphens, ellipses, exclamation points, question marks, quotation marks, apostrophes, and braces.
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Time for a lightning round!
Which of the below is correct?
A. She flouted her amazing editing skills.
B. She flaunted her amazing editing skills.
B. She flaunted her amazing editing skills.
flout: to defy
flaunt: to show off