EXERCISE P1–9 Commas with nonrestrictive elements

EXERCISE P1-9Commas with nonrestrictive elements

Add or delete commas where necessary in the following sentences. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below.

Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)

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Choreographer Alvin Ailey’s best-known work Revelations is more than just a crowd-pleaser.

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Answer: Choreographer Alvin Ailey’s best-known work, Revelations, is more than just a crowd-pleaser.
EXERCISE P1-9 Commas with nonrestrictive elements Commas with nonrestrictive elements - Add or delete commas where necessary in the following sentences. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Choreographer Alvin Ailey’s best-known work Revelations is more than just a crowd-pleaser.

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Twyla Tharp’s contemporary ballet Push Comes to Shove was made famous by the Russian dancer Baryshnikov. [Tharp has written more than one contemporary ballet.]

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Answer: Correct
EXERCISE P1-9 Commas with nonrestrictive elements Commas with nonrestrictive elements - Add or delete commas where necessary in the following sentences. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Twyla Tharp’s contemporary ballet Push Comes to Shove was made famous by the Russian dancer Baryshnikov. [Tharp has written more than one contemporary ballet.]

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The glass sculptor sifting through hot red sand explained her technique to the other glassmakers. [There is more than one glass sculptor.]

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Answer: Correct
EXERCISE P1-9 Commas with nonrestrictive elements Commas with nonrestrictive elements - Add or delete commas where necessary in the following sentences. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - The glass sculptor sifting through hot red sand explained her technique to the other glassmakers. [There is more than one glass sculptor.]

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A member of an organization, that provides job training for teens, was also appointed to the education commission.

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Answer: A member of an organization that provides job training for teens was also appointed to the education commission.
EXERCISE P1-9 Commas with nonrestrictive elements Commas with nonrestrictive elements - Add or delete commas where necessary in the following sentences. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - A member of an organization, that provides job training for teens, was also appointed to the education commission.

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Brian Eno who began his career as a rock musician turned to meditative compositions in the late 1970s.

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Answer: Brian Eno, who began his career as a rock musician, turned to meditative compositions in the late 1970s.
EXERCISE P1-9 Commas with nonrestrictive elements Commas with nonrestrictive elements - Add or delete commas where necessary in the following sentences. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Brian Eno who began his career as a rock musician turned to meditative compositions in the late 1970s.