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Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation. |
| | A) | When a man leaves his family: he takes his children's stability and destroys their confidence. |
| | B) | When a man leaves his family, he takes: his children's stability and destroys their confidence. |
| | C) | When a man leaves his family, he takes his children's stability and destroys their
confidence. |
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Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation. |
| | A) | Expressing his faith in democracy: the speaker quoted the introductory phrase of the Constitution Act of
1867, "...peace, order, and good government." |
| | B) | Expressing his faith
in democracy: the speaker quoted the introductory phrase of the Constitution Act of 1867: "...peace, order, and good government." |
| | C) | Expressing his faith in democracy, the speaker quoted the introductory phrase of the
Constitution Act of 1867: "...peace, order, and good government." |
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Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation. |
| | A) | Roland is the French hero of the medieval: Song of Roland. |
| | B) | Roland is the French hero of the medieval Song of Roland. |
| | C) | Roland is the French hero: of the medieval Song of Roland. |
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Choose the sentence that uses correct
punctuation. |
| | A) | Roland, the hero of the Song of Roland,
is also the title character of Ariosto's: Orlando Furioso. |
| | B) | Roland, the hero of the Song of Roland, is: also the title character of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. |
| | C) | Roland, the hero of the Song of Roland, is also the title character of Ariosto's
Orlando Furioso. |
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Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation. |
| | A) | Rodin's statue of a male nude entitled The Age of Bronze was: both condemned and praised by the
critics. |
| | B) | Rodin's statue of a male nude entitled The Age of
Bronze was both condemned and praised by the critics. |
| | C) | Rodin's
statue of a male nude entitled: The Age of Bronze was both condemned and praised by the critics. |
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Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation. |
| | A) | The states: that were once part of Yugoslavia include Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia. |
| | B) | The states that were once part of Yugoslavia include; Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia. |
| | C) | The states that were once part of Yugoslavia include Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia. |
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Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation. |
| | A) | Pasteur is famous for several medical milestones: vaccines for rabies and anthrax; a process for
killing bacteria in milk, now called pasteurization; and the germ theory of infection. |
| | B) | Pasteur is famous for several medical milestones vaccines for rabies and anthrax; a process for killing bacteria in milk, now called pasteurization;
and the germ theory of infection. |
| | C) | Pasteur is famous for several medical
milestones; vaccines for rabies and anthrax: a process for killing bacteria in milk, now called pasteurization: and the germ theory of infection. |
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Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation. |
| | A) | The Adams family has contributed much to the history of the United States: John was the second president; John Quincy was the sixth
president; and Charles Francis was minister to Great Britain. |
| | B) | The Adams
family has contributed much to the history of the United States; John was the second president; John Quincy was the sixth president; and Charles Francis was minister
to Great Britain. |
| | C) | The Adams family has contributed much to the history of the
United States; John was the second president: John Quincy was the sixth president: and Charles Francis was minister to Great Britain. |
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Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation. |
| | A) | In January 1608, Jamestown Colony suffered a great misfortune: arms, shelter, clothing, and food were all destroyed by fire. |
| | B) | In January 1608, Jamestown Colony suffered a great misfortune, arms, shelter, clothing, and food
were all destroyed by fire. |
| | C) | In January 1608, Jamestown Colony suffered: a
great misfortune arms, shelter, clothing, and food were all destroyed by fire. |
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Click on the sentence that uses correct
punctuation. |
| | A) | About a hundred English colonists braved the
Atlantic; they sailed in three tiny ships. |
| | B) | About a hundred English colonists
braved the Atlantic: they sailed in three tiny ships. |
| | C) | About a hundred
English colonists braved: the Atlantic; they sailed in three tiny ships. |
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