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1
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)However, the best is yet to come.
B)However the best is, yet to come.
C)However the best is yet to come.
2
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)Helen let's eat dinner in one of those, small restaurants near the Acropolis tonight.
B)Helen, let's eat dinner in one of those small restaurants near the Acropolis tonight.
C)Helen let's eat dinner in one of those small restaurants, near the Acropolis tonight.
3
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)In conclusion a well-balanced diet is essential for good, health.
B)In conclusion, a well-balanced diet is essential for good health.
C)In conclusion a well-balanced, diet is essential for good health.
4
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)Someone once said, and I believe it was Ovid, that love is a kind of warfare.
B)Someone once said, and I believe it was Ovid that love is a kind of warfare.
C)Someone once said and I believe it was Ovid, that love is a kind of warfare.
5
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)The Atlantic Ocean can be breathtaking, unruly hypnotizing, and murderous all at once.
B)The Atlantic Ocean can be breathtaking, unruly, hypnotizing, and murderous all at once.
C)The Atlantic Ocean can be breathtaking unruly, hypnotizing, and murderous all at once.
6
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)Carlos wants to live in Paris, so, he is taking a French class at night.
B)Carlos wants to live in Paris so, he is taking a French class at night.
C)Carlos wants to live in Paris, so he is taking a French class at night.
7
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)Mike's new girlfriend is from Cuba but she speaks English, fluently.
B)Mike's new girlfriend is from Cuba, but she speaks English fluently.
C)Mike's new girlfriend is from Cuba but, she speaks English fluently.
8
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)He was a brilliant man not a kind one.
B)He was a brilliant man, not a kind one.
C)He was a brilliant, man not a kind one
9
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)After Henry, woke up Mary started her morning exercises.
B)After Henry woke up Mary, started her morning exercises.
C)After Henry woke up, Mary started her morning exercises.
10
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A)Considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Pheidias' great statue of Zeus once stood in ancient Olympia.
B)Considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Pheidias' great statue of Zeus, once stood in ancient Olympia.
C)Considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Pheidias' great statue of Zeus once stood, in ancient Olympia.
11
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A)Jane's brother is charming, yet, whenever he gets upset he shows what a nasty temper he has.
B)Jane's brother is charming, yet whenever he gets upset he shows what a nasty temper he has.
C)he gets upset he shows what a nasty temper he has.
12
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)The Vietnam War Memorial, in Washington, DC, is a moving sight yet fewer people visit it with each passing year.
B)The Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC, is a moving sight, yet fewer people visit it with each passing year.
C)The Vietnam War Memorial, in Washington, DC, is a moving sight yet, fewer people visit it with each passing year.
13
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)Travelling often to Berlin and Bonn having lived in Vienna and having toured Switzerland Jenny has learned to speak German well.
B)Travelling often to Berlin and Bonn, having lived in Vienna, and having toured Switzerland, Jenny has learned to speak German well.
C)Travelling often to Berlin and Bonn having lived in Vienna, and having toured Switzerland, Jenny has learned to speak German well.
14
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A)The grocery store across the street which stays open twenty-four hours has an excellent selection of ethnic foods.
B)The grocery store, across the street, which stays open twenty-four hours has an excellent selection of ethnic foods.
C)The grocery store across the street, which stays open twenty-four hours, has an excellent selection of ethnic foods.
15
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)People who think raising children is easy, probably never had any.
B)People, who think raising children is easy, probably never had any.
C)People who think raising children is easy probably never had any.
16
Click on the item that uses punctuation correctly.
A)"Old age" Leon Trotsky once remarked "is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man."
B)"Old age," Leon Trotsky once remarked, "is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man."
C)"Old age" Leon Trotsky once remarked, "is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man."
17
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)William Lyon Mackenzie King said, "It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government."
B)William Lyon Mackenzie King said "It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government."
C)William Lyon Mackenzie King, said, "It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government."
18
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)Of course I will gladly donate, blood next Friday.
B)Of course I will gladly donate blood next Friday.
C)Of course I will, gladly, donate blood next Friday.
19
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)Dante Alighieri, the author of The Divine Comedy, was, a Florentine.
B)Dante Alighieri, the author of, The Divine Comedy, was, a Florentine.
C)Dante Alighieri, the author of The Divine Comedy, was a Florentine.
20
Click on the item that uses a comma or commas correctly.
A)I will begin travelling after I finish graduate school.
B)I will begin travelling, after I finish graduate school.
C)I will begin travelling after I finish, graduate school.





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