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