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Lynlu2000 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Problems with English
I just came upon this site and joined, I am so excited as i have just return to school after a few years. i have some question on punctuation
1) Which one of the follwoing sentences is correctly punctuated?
a) Did the Novelist, Ernest Hemingway once live here?
b) Did the novelist Ernest Hemingway, once live here?
c) Did the novellist, Ernest Hemingway, once live here.
d) Did the novelist Ernest Hemingway once live here?
2) What need to be done to correct the following sentence?
a) The sentence is correctly punctuated.
b) Remove the comma before Cheryl
c) Remove the comma after Cheryl
d) Replace the comma after Cheryl with a semicolon
3) Which one of the follwoing sentences is correctly punctuated?
a) After he began the meeting, he said "I am going home."
b) After he began the meeting he said, "I am going home."
c) After he began the meeting, he said, "I am going home."
d) After he began the meeting he said "I am going home."
1) Which one of the follwoing sentences is correctly punctuated?
a) Did the Novelist, Ernest Hemingway once live here?
b) Did the novelist Ernest Hemingway, once live here?
c) Did the novellist, Ernest Hemingway, once live here.
d) Did the novelist Ernest Hemingway once live here?
2) What need to be done to correct the following sentence?
a) The sentence is correctly punctuated.
b) Remove the comma before Cheryl
c) Remove the comma after Cheryl
d) Replace the comma after Cheryl with a semicolon
3) Which one of the follwoing sentences is correctly punctuated?
a) After he began the meeting, he said "I am going home."
b) After he began the meeting he said, "I am going home."
c) After he began the meeting, he said, "I am going home."
d) After he began the meeting he said "I am going home."
Top answer
Hi lynlu, and welcome to the forums. We're glad to have you with us. One of our unwritten rules is that we ask people who are posting questions to attempt to answer them first by themselves.
- Hi lynlu, and welcome to the forums.
- We're glad to have you with us.
- One of our unwritten rules is that we ask people who are posting questions to attempt to answer them first by themselves.
- If you are confused between two answers, you can just say that.
- For example, in your post, I can see how people might have trouble choosing between C and D.
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Hi lynlu, and welcome to the forums. We're glad to have you with us.
One of our unwritten rules is that we ask people who are posting questions to attempt to answer them first by themselves. If you are confused between two answers, you can just say that. For example, in your post, I can see how people might have trouble choosing between C and D.
In #2, I think you forgot to post
One of our unwritten rules is that we ask people who are posting questions to attempt to answer them first by themselves. If you are confused between two answers, you can just say that. For example, in your post, I can see how people might have trouble choosing between C and D.
In #2, I think you forgot to post
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Thank you, i just cam upon the site and have to get use to it. I will resend thanks
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