Matching Pairs Sentence Level ExcersiseOnline version Can you place the correct punctuation in the corresponding places? by Lauren Winn 1 When are commas used? 2 When should you use commas? 3 She would have loved to go to that concert __ but she had too much homework to do. 4 What is a "no - no" of ellipses(...)? 5 Th librarian's primary interest drew him into the college library __ love for books and a quest for knowledge 6 What does a dash( --) do? 7 What does quotation marks ( " ") do in a sentence? 8 Bad ellipses 9 What does parenthesis ( ) do? 10 What can a colon do? 11 The well __ known doctor received recognition for his work __ he was able to perform heart surgery on an elephant. 12 Alex gave her cat a bath __even though her cat hates bubbles __ every Tuesday to clean her cat of fleas. Before nonrestrictive adverbial phrases FANBOYS : ( ) - and ; "...Jesus wept" Bible John 11:35 using it in the beginning or the ending of a quotation , Gives credit to the original author and avoid plagiarism; enclosed titles of short works and appears in pairs. interprets a thought in a more dramatic way introduces a direct quotation add extra information
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