Insert a comma or a semicolon in each sentence, and indicate what you have done by writing in the blank the correct abbreviation: C—comma; S—semicolon
She thanked John Otis, the editor; Susan Curl, the critic; Mary Otis, her secretary and
Walter Ross, her agent.
What will be an ideal response?
S—secretary;
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Replace the underlined direct object with the corresponding accusative pronoun.
Some of the sentences below contain errors in parallel structure. Identify whether each
sentence is correct or incorrect. Then revise the incorrect sentences to include parallel structures, and put { } around the new parallel structures in each sentence. Good drivers don't use cell phones while driving and also try not to let themselves get distracted. (correct, not parallel) What will be an ideal response?
Fill in the letter of the word that best fits in each sentence. Use each letter only once
a. amnesty e. divisive i. expulsion m. omission b. cessation f. dubious j. fallacy n. shun c. constituent g. epidemic k. hypothesis o. simulate d. detrimental h. exemplary l. judicious p. tentative I am _____ of your claim that you can eat 20 hamburgers in an hour.
Insert all necessary commas in the following sentences. His most famous novel The Grapes of Wrath is set in the 1930s.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).