Commas with Appositives

For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas to set off appositives. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.”

For help with this exercise, see section 30c of Foundations First, Fifth Edition.

  1. Question

    Forensic detectives scientists who investigate crimes study murders that occurred long ago.

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    Commas with Appositives: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas to set off appositives. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Forensic detectives scientists who investigate crimes study murders that occurred long ago.
  2. Question

    Bill Maples a forensic scientist tests corpses to find out if the deceased was murdered.

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    Commas with Appositives: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas to set off appositives. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Bill Maples a forensic scientist tests corpses to find out if the deceased was murdered.
  3. Question

    Zachary Taylor, the twelfth president of the United States, died of a mysterious stomach ailment in 1850.

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    Commas with Appositives: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas to set off appositives. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Zachary Taylor, the twelfth president of the United States, died of a mysterious stomach ailment in 1850.
  4. Question

    Taylor may have been poisoned by political enemies, claims Clara Rising, a historical novelist.

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    Commas with Appositives: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas to set off appositives. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Taylor may have been poisoned by political enemies, claims Clara Rising, a historical novelist.
  5. Question

    Maples and other scientists looked for signs of arsenic a deadly poison in Taylor’s body, but they didn’t find any.

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    Commas with Appositives: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas to set off appositives. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Maples and other scientists looked for signs of arsenic a deadly poison in Taylor’s body, but they didn’t find any.
  6. Question

    Maples was also asked to identify the skull and bones of Francisco Pizarro the Spanish conqueror of Peru.

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    Commas with Appositives: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas to set off appositives. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Maples was also asked to identify the skull and bones of Francisco Pizarro the Spanish conqueror of Peru.
  7. Question

    A brutal ruler Pizarro was murdered by native Peruvians in 1541.

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    Commas with Appositives: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas to set off appositives. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - A brutal ruler Pizarro was murdered by native Peruvians in 1541.
  8. Question

    A forensic scientist James Starrs studied the murder of another American political figure from the past.

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    Commas with Appositives: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas to set off appositives. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - A forensic scientist James Starrs studied the murder of another American political figure from the past.
  9. Question

    Huey Long U.S. senator and former governor of Louisiana was allegedly shot by a young man in 1935.

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    Commas with Appositives: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas to set off appositives. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Huey Long U.S. senator and former governor of Louisiana was allegedly shot by a young man in 1935.
  10. Question

    Tests by forensic scientists show that Carl Weiss a twenty-nine-year-old doctor may not have been the murderer after all.

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    Commas with Appositives: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas to set off appositives. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Tests by forensic scientists show that Carl Weiss a twenty-nine-year-old doctor may not have been the murderer after all.