EXERCISE P3–7 The colon, the semicolon, and the comma

EXERCISEP3-7 The colon, the semicolon, and the comma

Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of the comma, the semicolon, or the colon. 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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We always looked forward to Thanksgiving in Vermont: It was our only chance to see our Grady cousins.

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Suggested revision: Correct [Either It or it is correct.]
EXERCISE EXEXERCISE P3-7 The colon, the semicolon, and the comma The colon, the semicolon, and the comma - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of the comma, the semicolon, or the colon. 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.) - We always looked forward to Thanksgiving in Vermont: It was our only chance to see our Grady cousins.

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If we have come to fight, we are far too few, if we have come to die, we are far too many.

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Suggested revision: If we have come to fight, we are far too few; if we have come to die, we are far too many.
EXERCISE EXEXERCISE P3-7 The colon, the semicolon, and the comma The colon, the semicolon, and the comma - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of the comma, the semicolon, or the colon. 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.) - If we have come to fight, we are far too few, if we have come to die, we are far too many.

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The travel package includes: a round-trip ticket to Athens, a cruise through the Cyclades, and all hotel accommodations.

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Suggested revision: The travel package includes a round-trip ticket to Athens, a cruise through the Cyclades, and all hotel accommodations.
EXERCISE EXEXERCISE P3-7 The colon, the semicolon, and the comma The colon, the semicolon, and the comma - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of the comma, the semicolon, or the colon. 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 travel package includes: a round-trip ticket to Athens, a cruise through the Cyclades, and all hotel accommodations.

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The news article portrays the land use proposal as reckless; although 62 percent of the town’s residents support it.

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Suggested revision: The news article portrays the land use proposal as reckless, although 62 percent of the town’s residents support it.
EXERCISE EXEXERCISE P3-7 The colon, the semicolon, and the comma The colon, the semicolon, and the comma - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of the comma, the semicolon, or the colon. 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 news article portrays the land use proposal as reckless; although 62 percent of the town’s residents support it.

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Psychologists Kindlon and Thompson (2000) offer parents a simple starting point for raising male children, “Teach boys that there are many ways to be a man” (p. 256).

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Suggested revision: Psychologists Kindlon and Thompson (2000) offer parents a simple starting point for raising male children: “Teach boys that there are many ways to be a man” (p. 256).
EXERCISE EXEXERCISE P3-7 The colon, the semicolon, and the comma The colon, the semicolon, and the comma - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of the comma, the semicolon, or the colon. 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.) - Psychologists Kindlon and Thompson (2000) offer parents a simple starting point for raising male children, “Teach boys that there are many ways to be a man” (p. 256).