Saturday, 19 December 2015

CORRECTED PUNTUATION- PRACTICE 12 (OBLIGATORY)

1. The men in question ( Harold Keene, Jim Peterson and Gerald Greene) deserve awards.

2. Several countries participed in the airlift: Italy, Belgium, France and Luxembourg.

3.'Only one course was open to us surrender', said the ex-major, 'and we did'.

4. Judge Carswell- later to be nominate for the Supreme Court- had ruled against civil rights.

5. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favourites magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article 'How  Not To Go Camping'.

6. 'Yes', Jim said, ' I'll be home by ten.'

7. There was only one thing to do: study till dawn.

8. Montaigne wrote the following: 'A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.'

9. The following are the primary colours: red, blue and, yellow.

10. Arriving on the 8:10 plane were Liz Brooks, my old roommate; her husband; and Tim, their son.

11. When the teacher commented that her spelling was poor, Lyn replied, 'All the members of my family are poor spellers. Why not me?'

12. He used the phrase 'you know' so often that I finally said, 'No, I don't know.'

13. The automobile dealer handled three males of cars: Volkswagens, Porsches, and Mercedes Benz.

14. Though Phil said he would arrive on the 9:19 flight, he came instead in the 10:36 flight.

15. 'Whoever thought,' said Helen, 'that Jack would be elected class president?'

16. In baseball, a 'show boat' is a man who shows off.

17. The minister quoted Isaiah 5:21 in last Sunday's sermon.

18. There wa a very interesting article entitled 'The New Rage for Folk Singing' in last Sunday's New York Times newspaper.

19. 'Whoever is elected secretary of the club- Ashley, or Chandra, or Aisha- must be prepared to do a great deal f work', said Jumita, the previous secretary.

20. Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) caused a great controversy when it appeared.

21. We had a great time in France- the kids really enjoyed it.

22. Some people work best in the mornings; others do better in the evenings.

23. What are you doing nex weekend?

24. Mother had to do into hospital: she had heart problems.

25. Did you understand why I was upset?

26. It is a fin idea; let us hope that it is going to work.

27. We will be arriving on Monday morning, at least, I think so.

28. A textbook can be a 'wall' between teacher and class.

29. The girl's father sat in a corner.

30. In the worlds of Murphy's Law: 'Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.'







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