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| | A) | She has a choice of four fruit toppings: for her pancakes strawberry, blueberry, cherry, or pineapple. |
| | B) | She has a choice of four fruit toppings for her pancakes: strawberry, blueberry, cherry, or
pineapple. |
| | C) | She has a choice of four fruit toppings for her pancakes
strawberry, blueberry, cherry, or pineapple. |
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punctuation. |
| | A) | A driver's license is not just a license: it is a
ticket to freedom. |
| | B) | A driver's license is not just a license it is a ticket to
freedom. |
| | C) | A driver's license is not just a license, it is a ticket to:
freedom. |
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Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation. |
| | A) | At its next meeting, the club will elect two officers a president and a treasurer. |
| | B) | At its next meeting, the club will elect two officers: a president and a
treasurer. |
| | C) | At its next meeting: the club will elect two officers a president
and a treasurer. |
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punctuation. |
| | A) | John Roebling designed and began the building: of the
Brooklyn Bridge. |
| | B) | John Roebling designed and began the building of: the
Brooklyn Bridge. |
| | C) | John Roebling designed and began the building of the
Brooklyn Bridge. |
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Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation. |
| | A) | Washington Roebling, the son of John Roebling, completed the Brooklyn Bridge. |
| | B) | Washington Roebling, the son of John Roebling, completed: the Brooklyn Bridge. |
| | C) | Washington Roebling, the son of John Roebling: completed the Brooklyn Bridge. |
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Click on the sentence that uses punctuation correctly. |
| | A) | In Shakespeare's play, Macbeth suffers from a fatal flaw: runaway ambition. |
| | B) | In Shakespeare's play, Macbeth suffers from: a fatal flaw runaway ambition. |
| | C) | In Shakespeare's play: Macbeth suffers from a fatal flaw runaway ambition. |
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Click on the sentence that uses punctuation correctly. |
| | A) | In addition to the maple leaf, several flags have flown over what is now Canada: the cross of St. George, the Union Jack, and the Canadian Red
Ensign. |
| | B) | In addition to the maple leaf: several flags have flown over what is
now Canada the cross of St. George, the Union Jack, and the Canadian Red Ensign. |
| | C) | In addition to the maple leaf, several flags have flown over what is now Canada the cross of St. George, the Union Jack, and the Canadian Red
Ensign. |
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Click on the sentence that uses
punctuation correctly. |
| | A) | Wireless technology is revolutionizing
campus life, many students now use notebook computers: wireless internet access: palm pilots: mp3 players: and cellular phones. |
| | B) | Wireless technology is revolutionizing campus life: many students now use notebook computers, wireless internet
access, palm pilots, mp3 players, and cellular phones. |
| | C) | Wireless technology is
revolutionizing campus life many students now use notebook computers, wireless internet access, palm pilots, mp3 players, and cellular phones. |
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Click on the sentence that uses punctuation correctly. |
| | A) | Though not a physician: Louis Pasteur revolutionized medicine his research proved the importance of
killing germs through sterilization. |
| | B) | Though not a physician, Louis Pasteur
revolutionized medicine, his research proved the importance of killing germs through sterilization. |
| | C) | Though not a physician, Louis Pasteur revolutionized medicine: his research proved the importance of killing germs through
sterilization. |
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Click on the sentence that uses punctuation correctly. |
| | A) | As General Lee watched the slaughter at the Battle of Fredericksburg: he remarked to his aide "It is well that war
is so terrible—we should grow too fond of it." |
| | B) | As General Lee
watched the slaughter at the Battle of Fredericksburg, he remarked to his aide: "It is well that war is so terrible—we should grow too fond of
it." |
| | C) | As General Lee watched the slaughter at the Battle of Fredericksburg,
he remarked to his aide "It is well that war is so terrible—we should grow too fond of it." |
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