On Punctuation Marks

Sabri Bebawi

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  1. When Karen's mother returned to college this year the entire family had to help out with the housework.
  2. Your answer:
    missing apostrophe
    missing quotation marks
    missing semicolon
    missing comma


  3. The cashier testified that the robbers face had been covered with a nylon stocking.
  4. Your answer:
    missing semicolon
    missing apostrophe
    missing comma
    missing quotation marks


  5. Arlene just received a promotion she's now an assistant buyer for the sports shop in the mall.
  6. Your answer:
    missing semicolon
    missing comma
    missing apostrophe
    missing quotation marks


  7. Im thinking about calling the humane society, for our neighbor leaves his dog outside in the most bitterly cold weather.
  8. Your answer:
    missing quotation marks
    missing comma
    missing semicolon
    missing apostrophe


  9. President Coolidge, who was known as "Silent Cal" didn't talk much and slept eleven hours a day.
  10. Your answer:
    missing semicolon
    missing quotation marks
    missing apostrophe
    missing comma


  11. My dad's favorite saying is, Don't pull tomorrow's cloud over today's sunshine."
  12. Your answer:
    missing semicolon
    missing apostrophe
    missing quotation marks
    missing comma


  13. Lou rarely has a chance to relax on the weekend he's too busy catching up on the laundry and food shopping.
  14. Your answer:
    missing apostrophe
    missing quotation marks
    missing comma
    missing semicolon


  15. "Were you fired or laid off?" the woman at the unemployment office asked. "There's a big difference.
  16. Your answer:
    missing quotation marks
    missing apostrophe
    missing semicolon
    missing comma


  17. The galaxy we live in is moving slowly through space someday it will probably collide with another galaxy.
  18. Your answer:
    missing apostrophe
    missing quotation marks
    missing semicolon
    missing comma


  19. My school expects me to buy a computer next year but I will barely have enough money for my tuition.
  20. Your answer:
    missing semicolon
    missing quotation marks
    missing comma
    missing apostrophe



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