Punctuation

Fin떠ly， quotation marks may enclose words that express the silent thoughts of a character,
asm:
Carlos glanced at his watch. “ I'm going to be late," he thought.
Periods and commas are placed inside close-quotation marks. Question marks and excla-
mation points go outside the quotation mark unless they are part of the quote itself.
“ When will the seminar start?" asked Regis.

00 you understand the meaning of the concept “ The end justifies the means"?
Mini-Workout in Punetuation
PART A. POSSESSIVES
Dlrectlons: Check your mastery of possessives by writing the correct possessive form
。f the italicized word in the space provided. Some items may be correct.
1. Pauls reason was personal.
2. The future of Americas foreign policy is being debated.
3. Teams from all over the county have gathered at the stadium.
4. Luis isn'’t at all interested in womens issues.
5. The girls locker room is downstairs , but the boys is upstairs.
6. We are invited to the Andersons house for New Years Eve.
7. All of the Rosses are going out to eat.
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8. Have you seen Morris iPod, which he left here yesterday?
9. Both of the computers keyboards need repair.
10. He’11 be back in two months time.
Answers are on pages 96-97.
PART B. COMMASAND SEMICOLONS
Directions: In the f이 lowing sentences, insert or remove commas and semicolons as

necessary. Some sentences may be correct.
1. Wh ile Bill was riding his bike got a flat tire.
2. Themail carrier did not leave the package for Valerie was not at home.
3. Aft er doing his homework Mikey as you might expect talked on his cell phone for an
hour.
4. His work criticized many commonly held beliefs however and it was strictly
censored.
5. The car, that ran into mine at the intersection, was an Suv.
6. Dad went to the airport to pick up Dave Ellie went to the train station to meet Debbie.
7. The people who live by the water must be prepared for occasional flooding.
8. The boat, was seventy-five feet long and eighteen feet wide, its mast was about eighty
feet t잉1.
9. To anyone interested in flying planes hold endless fascination.
10. Jeff and Steve left alone for the weekend invited 따1 their friends to a party.
11. 1 need street maps of Boston; and Portland , Maine.
12. Some of the theories dealt with the political social and religious ideas of the time.
13. Students, who want to try out for the chorus, have been asked to report to room 330.
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14. Doug for example is both a scholar and an athlete.
15. Monica refused to go, unless Phil went with her.
16. The hero of the book John Coffey rode his bike across the United States.
17. Aft er all she did for him what she could.
18. Starting in Minnesota the Mississippi runs all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
19. Harold Watkins who comes from Chicago won a full tuition scholarship to Duke.
20. Although the characters are stereotypes they were interesting to read about.
2 1. Yo-Yo Ma the famous cellist will perform a recital on Saturday night.
22. This test covers Spanish literature culture and history; and it lasts for three hours.
23. Michelle is pretty tall and dark but her older sister Norma is pretty short and light.
24. Sean the twin brother of Ian was struck by a falling tree limb.
25. The window washer dropped by last evening but he didn’'t bring his squeegee.
Answers are on page 97.
QUESTIONS ON STANDARD ENGUSH USAGE
19. Noun-Verb Agreement

Sentence subjects and verbs must agree in number. A singular subject must be paired with a
singular verb, and a plural subject with a plural verb. That’s simple enough to remember but
in some circumstances not so easy to apply.
1. Wh en intervening words obscure the relationship between the subject and verb, as in:
Delivery (singular subject) of today’ 5 newspapers and magazines have been (plural
verb) delayed.
The prepositional phrase oftoday's nelν'spapers and magazines blurs the relationship between
subject and verb. The plural noun magazines can mislead the writer into using a plural verb.
With a singular subject and verb properly matched, the sentence reads:
De /i very of today’ 5 newspapers and magazines has been delayed.
Or with matched plural subject and verb:
Deliveries of today's newspapers and magazines have been delayed.
Answer to math problem on page 310: 64.
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Fin떠ly， quotation marks may enclose words that express the silent thoughts of a character,

Carlos glanced at his watch. “ I'm going to be late," he thought.

“ When will the seminar start?" asked Regis.

1. Pauls reason was personal.

2. The future of Americas foreign policy is being debated.

4. Luis isn'’t at all interested in womens issues.

5. The girls locker room is downstairs , but the boys is upstairs.

6. We are invited to the Andersons house for New Years Eve.

7. All of the Rosses are going out to eat.

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9. Both of the computers keyboards need repair.

10. He’11 be back in two months time.

Answers are on pages 96-97.

PART B. COMMASAND SEMICOLONS

Directions: In the f이 lowing sentences, insert or remove commas and semicolons as

1. Wh ile Bill was riding his bike got a flat tire.

9. To anyone interested in flying planes hold endless fascination.

11. 1 need street maps of Boston; and Portland , Maine.

15. Monica refused to go, unless Phil went with her.

2 1. Yo-Yo Ma the famous cellist will perform a recital on Saturday night.

Answers are on page 97.

QUESTIONS ON STANDARD ENGUSH USAGE

19. Noun-Verb Agreement

De /i very of today’ 5 newspapers and magazines has been delayed.

Or with matched plural subject and verb:

Deliveries of today's newspapers and magazines have been delayed.

Answer to math problem on page 310: 64.

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