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.
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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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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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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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