Other Punctuation

1. Choose the item that has no errors.

   Question

   A.

   Our car trip took us through Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wheeling, West Virginia, and Bristol, Tennessee.

   B.

   Our car trip took us through Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Wheeling, West Virginia; and Bristol, Tennessee.

   C.

   Our car trip took us through Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania, Wheeling; West Virginia, and Bristol; Tennessee.

   Other Punctuation - Question 1
2. If an underlined portion of this sentence is incorrect, select the revision that fixes it. If the sentence is correct as written, select d, “No change is necessary.”

   Gary’s dog (a seventeen-year-old) easily won first prize in the Elderly Dog Show; she had the shiniest coat and the most youthful step.

   Question

   A.

   (a seventeen-year-old)

   B.

   Show-she

   C.

   coat: and

   D.

   No change is necessary.

   Other Punctuation - Question 2
3. Choose the item that has no errors.

   Question

   A.

   As our computer specialist, you have three tasks: fixing malfunctioning computers, teaching people to use their computers, and not making any problem worse.

   B.

   As our computer specialist: you have three tasks, fixing malfunctioning computers, teaching people to use their computers, and not making any problem worse.

   C.

   As our computer specialist, you have three tasks: fixing malfunctioning computers, teaching people to use their computers (and not making any problem worse).

   Other Punctuation - Question 3
4. Choose the item that has no errors.

   Question

   A.

   Is there such a thing as a low-stress-job?

   B.

   Is there such a thing as a low-stress job?

   C.

   Is there such a thing as a low stress-job?

   Other Punctuation - Question 4
5. If an underlined portion of this sentence is incorrect, select the revision that fixes it. If the sentence is correct as written, select d, “No change is necessary.”

   You will have 5 and only 5 minutes to leave the office before the alarm sounds.

   Question

   A.

   5 — and only 5 —

   B.

   to: leave

   C.

   before; the

   D.

   No change is necessary.

   Other Punctuation - Question 5