Sentence Punctuation

Have you seen our dog

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Today is Friday, August 18, 2017

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I got an "HP" on the test

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Is that your new baby brother

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Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• Didn't she say our homework was due Friday?  asked Jackson.

• "Didn't she say our homework was due Friday?" asked Jackson.

• "Didn't she say our homework was due Friday? asked Jackson.

• "didn't she say our homework was due Friday?" asked Jackson.

Finish the sentence with the correct punctuation.

School is a place for students to learn​ (a)   and most of the time​ (b)   it is where students feel safe.

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Correct this sentence: This organization has chapters in Wilmington​ (a)   Delaware​ (b)   Hanover​ (c)   New Hampshire​ (d)   and New York, New York.

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Answer explanation

When listing items in a series that have internal punctuation, such as the commas between each city and its respective state as in this example, separate the items using semicolons.

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semicolon

How would you fix the following sentence?

Whenever we go to the movies I always have to have popcorn.

• add a semicolon after movies

• add a comma after movies

• delete the second "have" before popcorn

• No change needed

Today is the first day of school

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Don't forget to turn in your reading log

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