Basic Punctuation Rules T/F

Question 1

Colons can introduce a list when THESE, THE FOLLOWING, or AS FOLLOWS is used to set it up

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Commas are not used for direct address

Answer 2

False

Question 3

It is best to avoid using abbreviations in formal writing, but when necessary, be sure to punctuate them correctly.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Use hyphens with compound adjectives and numbers but no usually with -LY ending words.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Apostrophes are used to show ownership with possessive pronouns

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Semicolons appear in front while commas are used behind conjunctive adverbs in compound sentences

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Always spell out numbers at the beginning of a sentence

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Dashes are used for abrupt changes in the flow of a sentence

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Supplemental information such as the years of someone’s life is the type of information that might appear within parentheses

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Brackets are used in direct quotations whenever some material is omitted

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Quotation marks are only used for direct quotaions

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Parentheses are used for quotations within other quotations

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Underlining is the same thing as italics

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Quotation marks are used for a title of an article, but the name of the newspaper or magazine would be in italics.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Foreign words not commonly used in everyday English should be enclosed in quotation marks.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Apostrophes are primarily used to show ownership or for contractions

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Hyphens should be used with all prefixes that are joined to a proper noun

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Rules for hyphenation are not the same for all prefixes

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Compound adjectives are hyphenated only when there is a noun immediately before them

Answer 19

False

Question 20

As a rule, all numbers that can expressed in two or less should be written out as words

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Colons are only used to start lists

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Semicolons are sometimes used when commas are not sufficient

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Commas are used to separate items or for nonessential phrases and clauses

Answer 23

True

Question 24

No commas are necessary in a series when all of the items are joined by conjunctions

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Colons can be used to start a list immediately after a verb or preposition

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Commas are generally not used for a series of adjectives that describe size, shape, age, and material

Answer 26

False

Question 27

"Unlike her mother" is an example of an antithetical phrase and would require the use of commas

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Commas are generally not used after a short prepositional phrase at the beginning of a sentence

Answer 28

True

Question 29

A semicolon can be used with a conjunction in a compound sentence in order to avoid confusion when that sentence already utilizes several commas.

Answer 29

True