EXERCISE P3–1 The semicolon and the comma

EXERCISE P3-1The semicolon and the comma

Add commas or semicolons where needed in the following well-known quotations. 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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Do not ask me to be kind just ask me to act as though I were. —Jules Renard

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Suggested revision: Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.
EXERCISE P3-1 The semicolon and the comma The semicolon and the comma - Add commas or semicolons where needed in the following well-known quotations. 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.) - Do not ask me to be kind just ask me to act as though I were. —Jules Renard

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When men talk about defense they always claim to be protecting women and children but they never ask the women and children what they think. —Pat Schroeder

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Suggested revision: When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think.
EXERCISE P3-1 The semicolon and the comma The semicolon and the comma - Add commas or semicolons where needed in the following well-known quotations. 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.) - When men talk about defense they always claim to be protecting women and children but they never ask the women and children what they think. —Pat Schroeder

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When I get a little money I buy books if any is left I buy food and clothes. —Desiderius Erasmus

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Suggested revision: When I get a little money, I buy books; if any is left, I buy food and clothes.
EXERCISE P3-1 The semicolon and the comma The semicolon and the comma - Add commas or semicolons where needed in the following well-known quotations. 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.) - When I get a little money I buy books if any is left I buy food and clothes. —Desiderius Erasmus

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America is a country that doesn’t know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there. —Lawrence J. Peter

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Suggested revision: Correct
EXERCISE P3-1 The semicolon and the comma The semicolon and the comma - Add commas or semicolons where needed in the following well-known quotations. 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.) - America is a country that doesn’t know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there. —Lawrence J. Peter

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Wit has truth in it wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. —Dorothy Parker

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Suggested revision: Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
EXERCISE P3-1 The semicolon and the comma The semicolon and the comma - Add commas or semicolons where needed in the following well-known quotations. 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.) - Wit has truth in it wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. —Dorothy Parker