Ch. 42 Self-Study Exercise 28-5: Using Commas (Lettered Questions)

EXERCISE 28-5 Using Commas

Add any necessary commas to the following sentences, remove any commas that do not belong, and change any punctuation that is incorrect. Some sentences may be correct. Example:

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  1. Question

    César Chávez was born on March 31 1927, on a farm in Yuma, Arizona.

  2. Question

    Chávez, who spent years as a migrant farmworker, told other farm laborers “If you’re outraged at conditions, then you can’t possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them.”

  3. Question

    Chávez founded the United Farm Workers union and did indeed, devote all his time to changing conditions for farmworkers.

  4. Question

    Robert F. Kennedy called Chávez, “one of the heroic figures of our time.”

  5. Question

    Chávez, who died on April 23, 1993, became the second Mexican American to receive the highest civilian honor in the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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