Ch. 42 Self-Study Exercise 28-3: Using Commas (Lettered Questions)

EXERCISE 28-3 Using Commas

Add any necessary commas to the following sentences, and remove any commas that do not belong. Draw your own conclusions about what the writer meant to say, as needed. Some sentences may be correct. Example:

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  1. Question

    We are bringing a dish vegetable lasagna, to the potluck supper.

  2. Question

    I like to go to Central Bank, on this side of town, because this branch tends to have short lines.

  3. Question

    The colony, that the English established at Roanoke disappeared mysteriously.

  4. Question

    If the base commanders had checked their gun room where powder is stored, they would have found that several hundred pounds of gunpowder were missing.

  5. Question

    Brazil’s tropical rain forests which help produce the air we breathe all over the world, are being cut down at an alarming rate.

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