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8. Parents should give enough attention to children .. they will not feel neglected.
INSTRUCTIONS: For questions 1-18 below, correct all punctuation errors by writing in the
correct marks in their correct places. Some sentences only need basic punctuation, like
apostrophes and periods; others require more complex forms, such as dashes, hyphens,
colons, and ellipses.
3. She won the race easily in fact she set a state record
6. I expected a package this morning however I waited all day for it to arrive
7. Rainy days arent all that bad they provide the water crucial for all life
8. She witnessed a crime on her street she promptly locked her doors
12. Sarah she had always loved animals took in the stray kitten
14.
The 1950s singer Patty Paige sang the novelty song How Much is That Doggi
e in the Window
15. Nearly all Americans own a Bible but few including scholars of literature
have read it
16. Hmmm its a tough decision but Ill take the red one
18. I do the laundry make dinner and pick up the kids I should receive a
medal for all of these chores
Punctuation exercise
Challenge students to punctuate that sentences in two ways so that it will have two quite
different meanings.
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the butler stood in the doorway and called the guests names
at summer camp I missed my dog my little brother the odor of my dads pipe and my
boyfriend
my dear pat, the dinner we shared the other night -- it was absolutely lovely not
in my wildest dreams could i ever imagine anyone as perfect as you are could
you -- if only for a moment -- think of our being together forever what a cruel joke
to have you come into my life only to leave again it would be heaven denied the
possibility of seeing you again makes me giddy with joy i face the time we are
apart with great sadness john p.s.: i would like to tell you that i love you i can't
stop thinking that you are one of the prettiest women on earth