Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges: "Advanced Comma Rules" Answer Key
Answer key for Advanced Comma Rules Practice.
Practice 1: Punctuate the following sentences using thefirst three comma rules:
Original Sentences:
- When the large earthquake shook Seattle Phillip decided to move back to New York.
- No I'm not ready to make a serious commitment.
- Jaime is majoring in Elementary Education isn't that right?
- In Robin's opinion baseball is ten minutes of excitement packed into three hours.
- In the college cafeteria one can hear students speaking Spanish Japanese Italian Arabic Russian Portuguese Farsi and many other languages.
- Lars has been studying Chinese for more than ten years but he's never had the opportunity to visit China.
- When I entered the house was in darkness.
- Her brother insisted that she be on time yet when she arrived he wasn't there.
- To be perfectly frank students need to know the fundamentals of grammar before they can write acceptable college papers.
Corrected Sentences:
- When the large earthquake shook Seattle, Phillip decided to move back to New York.
- No, I'm not ready to make a serious commitment.
- Jaime is majoring in Elementary Education, isn't that right?
- In Robin's opinion, baseball is ten minutes of excitement packed into three hours.
- In the college cafeteria, one can hear students speaking Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, Farsi, and many other languages.
- Lars has been studying Chinese for more than ten years, but he's never had the opportunity to visit China.
- When I entered, the house was in darkness.
- Her brother insisted that she be on time, yet when she arrived, he wasn't there.
- To be perfectly frank, students need to know the fundamentals of grammar before they can write acceptable college papers.
Practice 2: Punctuate the following sentences using the last four comma rules:
Original Sentences:
- College students of course need the fundamentals of grammar.
- Grammar which can be rather tedious does not make a person a good writer by itself.
- What is necessary experts agree is for students to write more in all of their classes.
- "One doesn't know anything clearly" S.I. Hayakawa said "unless one can state it in writing".
- Yes William you will have to do a lot of writing in law school.
- Every profession I think requires some sort of writing at some time.
Corrected Sentences:
- College students, of course, need the fundamentals of grammar.
- Grammar, which can be rather tedious, does not make a person a good writer by itself.
- What is necessary, experts agree, is for students to write more in all of their classes.
- "One doesn't know anything clearly", S.I. Hayakawa said, "unless one can state it in writing".
- Yes, William, you will have to do a lot of writing in law school.
- Every profession, I think, requires some sort of writing at some time.
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