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EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma

EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma

In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.

Example

1 of 10

We’d rather spend our money on blue-chip stocks, than speculate on pork bellies.

There is no need to prune, weed, fertilize, or repot your air fern.

EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma - 1 of 10: In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.

2 of 10

When we visited the Japanese bathhouse, we took our own soap and washcloth.

Being prepared for the worst, is one way to escape disappointment.

EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma - 2 of 10: In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.

3 of 10

The Marx Brothers made delightful, hilarious, movies.

Movies have often portrayed bootleggers as mean, cutthroat racketeers.

EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma - 3 of 10: In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.

4 of 10

Uncle Swen’s dulcimers disappeared as soon as he put them up for sale, but he always kept one for himself.

I quickly accepted the fact that I was, literally, in third-class quarters.

EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma - 4 of 10: In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.

5 of 10

Hairdressers, who think they are God’s gift to womankind, are one of my pet peeves.

Because it rained all Labor Day, our picnic was rather soggy.

EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma - 5 of 10: In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.

6 of 10

The United States Coast Survey, which was established in 1807, was the first scientific agency in this country.

I failed three tests, (mostly because of differential equations), but at midsemester I suddenly caught on and got an A.

EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma - 6 of 10: In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.

7 of 10

This summer we hiked in the White Mountains, and canoed the Saco River into Maine.

Believing every word of the story, Charlie expected the Great Pumpkin to rise out of the pumpkin patch at midnight.

EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma - 7 of 10: In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.

8 of 10

Smartphones, tablets, and other possibly stolen goods were turning up in locker checks at the high school.

My father said that he would move to California, if I would agree to transfer to UCLA.

EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma - 8 of 10: In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.

9 of 10

When we arrived at Salou’s beach, we saw immediately that we were overdressed for the occasion.

Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear, was given a splendid performance by Sir Kenneth Branagh.

EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma - 9 of 10: In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.

10 of 10

Captain Edward Spurlock observed, that the vast majority of crimes in our city are committed by repeat offenders.

She wore a black silk cape, a rhinestone collar, satin gloves, and high tops.

EXERCISE 33–5 Misuses of the comma - 10 of 10: In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.