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Ravi Kanth Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Please correct these sentences
I found them in a quiz. The quiz did not give the correct answers.
1)The pastry shop had a sale on the following: cakes, croissants, blueberry muffins, and danishes.
2)Lottie skipped down-the-road and across the bridge to Grandma's house.
I find nothing wrong with the first sentence. The "G" in the word Grandma of second sentence should not be capitalized. Also, I am confused about the use of hyphenation.
Can you comment on these two sentences?
1)The pastry shop had a sale on the following: cakes, croissants, blueberry muffins, and danishes.
2)Lottie skipped down-the-road and across the bridge to Grandma's house.
I find nothing wrong with the first sentence. The "G" in the word Grandma of second sentence should not be capitalized. Also, I am confused about the use of hyphenation.
Can you comment on these two sentences?
Top answer
The hyphens shouldn't be there. Grandma is used as a proper noun here, and it should, indeed, be capitalized. As for the first sentence, 1)The pastry shop had a sale on the following: cakes, croissants, blueberry muffins, and D anishes.
- The hyphens shouldn't be there.
- Grandma is used as a proper noun here, and it should, indeed, be capitalized.
- As for the first sentence, 1)The pastry shop had a sale on the following: cakes, croissants, blueberry muffins, and D anishes.
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The hyphens shouldn't be there. Grandma is used as a proper noun here, and it should, indeed, be capitalized. As for the first sentence, 1)The pastry shop had a sale on the following: cakes, croissants, blueberry muffins, and Danishes.
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Ravi Kanth2)Lottie skipped down-the-road and across the bridge to Grandma's house.The hyphens are incorrect. "down the road" is a prepositional phrase. The only phrases that should be hyphenated are modifiers. He is out-of-this-world gorgeous.
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