Language - Mechanics and Editing Flashcards
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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Answer: Please bring milk, eggs, and bread.
Commas separate items in a series; no colon is needed after 'bring' when it directly follows the verb.
Which sentence contains a spelling error?
Answer: She recieved the award at the ceremony.
'Recieved' is misspelled; the correct spelling is 'received' (follow the rule: 'i before e except after c').
Choose the correctly capitalized sentence:
Answer: Every summer, we visit the Grand Canyon.
'Summer' is a common noun and not capitalized; 'Grand Canyon' is a proper noun and must be capitalized.
Which sentence correctly uses a colon?
Answer: He has three hobbies: reading, hiking, and cooking.
A colon correctly introduces a list when it follows a complete independent clause.
Identify the run-on sentence:
Answer: He studied hard he passed the test.
'He studied hard he passed the test' fuses two independent clauses without proper punctuation or a conjunction.
Which sentence is a fragment?
Answer: Running through the park every morning.
'Running through the park every morning' lacks a subject and a complete verb, making it a fragment.