Exercise 2: Appositives

● Exercise 2 ●

Provide the correct punctuation for each of the following sentences by using dashes, commas, or colons to separate appositives from the rest of the sentences. If a sentence does not need punctuation around the appositive, write “NP” for “no punctuation.” Be ready to explain why your choice of punctuation is the most effective in each case.

  1. Several West African countries Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Cameroon, and Togo were at some time in their history under colonial rule.

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    Exercise 2: Appositives: Provide the correct punctuation for each of the following sentences by using dashes, commas, or colons to separate appositives from the rest of the sentences. If a sentence does not need punctuation around the appositive, write “NP” for “no punctuation.” Be ready to explain why your choice of punctuation is the most effective in each case. - Several West African countries Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Cameroon, and Togo were at some time in their history under colonial rule.
  2. The mayoral candidate’s rally opened to throngs of people an unusually large turnout for a cold, rainy day.

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    Exercise 2: Appositives: Provide the correct punctuation for each of the following sentences by using dashes, commas, or colons to separate appositives from the rest of the sentences. If a sentence does not need punctuation around the appositive, write “NP” for “no punctuation.” Be ready to explain why your choice of punctuation is the most effective in each case. - The mayoral candidate’s rally opened to throngs of people an unusually large turnout for a cold, rainy day.
  3. The British parliamentary system has two branches the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

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    Exercise 2: Appositives: Provide the correct punctuation for each of the following sentences by using dashes, commas, or colons to separate appositives from the rest of the sentences. If a sentence does not need punctuation around the appositive, write “NP” for “no punctuation.” Be ready to explain why your choice of punctuation is the most effective in each case. - The British parliamentary system has two branches the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
  4. The fifth canon of rhetoric style includes a writer’s choices of diction and syntax.

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    Exercise 2: Appositives: Provide the correct punctuation for each of the following sentences by using dashes, commas, or colons to separate appositives from the rest of the sentences. If a sentence does not need punctuation around the appositive, write “NP” for “no punctuation.” Be ready to explain why your choice of punctuation is the most effective in each case. - The fifth canon of rhetoric style includes a writer’s choices of diction and syntax.
  5. One of our most popular poets Billy Collins is also one of our most gifted.

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    Exercise 2: Appositives: Provide the correct punctuation for each of the following sentences by using dashes, commas, or colons to separate appositives from the rest of the sentences. If a sentence does not need punctuation around the appositive, write “NP” for “no punctuation.” Be ready to explain why your choice of punctuation is the most effective in each case. - One of our most popular poets Billy Collins is also one of our most gifted.
  6. The surgeons reconstructed his hand the most damaged part of his body.

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    Exercise 2: Appositives: Provide the correct punctuation for each of the following sentences by using dashes, commas, or colons to separate appositives from the rest of the sentences. If a sentence does not need punctuation around the appositive, write “NP” for “no punctuation.” Be ready to explain why your choice of punctuation is the most effective in each case. - The surgeons reconstructed his hand the most damaged part of his body.
  7. The rewards of hard work both physical and mental are often intangible.

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    Exercise 2: Appositives: Provide the correct punctuation for each of the following sentences by using dashes, commas, or colons to separate appositives from the rest of the sentences. If a sentence does not need punctuation around the appositive, write “NP” for “no punctuation.” Be ready to explain why your choice of punctuation is the most effective in each case. - The rewards of hard work both physical and mental are often intangible.
  8. Nadine Gordimer a white South African author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991 when the country was still under the rule of apartheid.

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    Exercise 2: Appositives: Provide the correct punctuation for each of the following sentences by using dashes, commas, or colons to separate appositives from the rest of the sentences. If a sentence does not need punctuation around the appositive, write “NP” for “no punctuation.” Be ready to explain why your choice of punctuation is the most effective in each case. - Nadine Gordimer a white South African author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991 when the country was still under the rule of apartheid.
  9. Don’t you think that businesses should close on July 4 the birthday of our country?

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    Exercise 2: Appositives: Provide the correct punctuation for each of the following sentences by using dashes, commas, or colons to separate appositives from the rest of the sentences. If a sentence does not need punctuation around the appositive, write “NP” for “no punctuation.” Be ready to explain why your choice of punctuation is the most effective in each case. - Don’t you think that businesses should close on July 4 the birthday of our country?