ONE: MINI QUIZ Flashcards
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:
A. Did you while you were in New York see the Rockettes perform?
B. Before you turn in your status report be sure to sign your name.
C. The truth of the matter is, after I read his report, I knew no more than when I began.
Answer: C
What should be noted about this sentence?
The truth of the matter is, after I read his report, I knew no more than when I began.
The adverbial phrase after “I read his report” is appropriately set off from the main clause with commas.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:
A. Before considering bankruptcy we should think about our good name.
B. At the fair, we shopped the canned goods for an hour, and we looked at the animals afterward.
C. Tell me why your account is overdrawn otherwise I will have to require an audit.
Answer: B
What should be noted about this sentence?
At the fair, we shopped the canned goods for an hour, and we looked at the animals afterward.
The two ICs that make up this sentence are joined with a conjunction, which is paired with a comma.
This sentence is correctly punctuated:
Some Say Dickens A Tale of Two Cities is the worlds greatest novel others claim Flauberts Madam Bovary is.
False
This sentence is correctly punctuated:
If Anyone has anything to add to the facts in this case, speak up.
A. True
The semicolon in this sentence is used correctly:
After class, I need to go to the grocery store; to get milk, eggs, and bread.
False
Which of these sentences is correctly punctuated?
A. Everybody who wishes to buy stock in the company, may do so.
B. Everybody who wishes to buy stock in the company may do so.
C. Everybody, who wishes to buy stock in the company may do so.
ANSWER: B
I answered this question incorrectly:
Everybody who wishes to buy stock in the company, may do so.
How come?
The comma after “company” pauses the sentence in a place where a pause is not wanted or needed.
Which of these sentences is correctly punctuated:
A. John Jones, who lives across the street from us, works for my company.
B. John Jones who lives across the street from us, works for my company.
C. John Jones, who lives across the street from us works for my company.
ANSWER: A
John Jones, who lives across the street from us, works for my company.
Which of these sentences is correctly punctuated:
A. The stock market crashed in 29, you will remember.
B. The stock market crashed in ‘29, you will remember.
C. The stock market crashed in 29 you will remember.
ANSWER: B
The hyphens are used correctly in which sentence:
A. She is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl.
B. She is a sixteen-or seventeen-year-old girl.
C. She is a sixteen or seventeen year old girl.
ANSWER: B
I answered this question incorrectly:
She is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl.
How come?
A hyphen must follow sixteen to let readers know that year-old has been left out to avoid redundancy.
This sentence is punctuated correctly:
My wife, Mary, teaches at the middle school.
TRUE
I answered this question incorrectly:
My wife, Mary, teaches at the middle school.
B. False
How come?
The proper noun Mary an appositive, follows the noun “my wife” and is set off with a pair of commas.
