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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise P3-7
The colon, the semicolon, and the comma
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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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Suggested revision: Correct [Either It or it is correct.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).