- How many periods would you use to end a sentence that ended with an
abbreviation?
- Where do you put a period or question mark for a sentence entirely
enclosed in parentheses?
- Which of these sentences require a semicolon? Put the semicolon and
any associated commas in the right places.
- Jean fed her dogs because they are always hungry.
- Jean fed her dogs they are always hungry.
- Jean fed her dogs later however they were hungry again.
- She likes only coffee vanilla and butterscotch ice cream.
- She prefers that flags have three color combinations such as red
white and blue purple gold and white and scarlet ochre and mauve.
- Put the appropriate commas, semicolons, question marks, or exclamation
points in the correct relation to the quotation marks in these sentences:
- His exact words were, "Kenneth, what's the frequency"
- "I don't hear very well" he replied.
- Did you get the note addressed to 'Comrade' " he asked.
- What type face is generally preferred to the underscore?
- In the sentence, "Her book, entitled Epistles from the Planet
Photosynthesis, was outstanding," should the comma after the title
be italicized/ underlined?
- Circle the correct choice in the following sentences:
- Grooming dogs is / are a noble occupation.
- The associate professors and the dean (disagree/ disagrees).
- Either the associate professors or the dean (are /is) responsible
for the mess we're in.
- Everyone (is/ are) able to attend.
- The horse of many different colors (is /are) rare.
- All of the movie (have/ has) been analyzed.
- All of the customers (deserve/ deserves) refunds.
- It must have been (she/ her) in the picture.
- Susan showed (he/ him) the picture of her mother.
- Just between you and (I / me), these quizzes are getting tiresome.
- (Who/whom) is the man in the picture?
- It was he (who/whom) identified the culprit.
- (Who/whom) has the president nominated for the Supreme Court?
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