6. Grammar/Mechanics Checkup 14: Total Review The following questions will test
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6. Grammar/Mechanics Checkup 14: Total Review
The following questions will test your knowledge of punctuation rules.
Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
1.
The prefatory parts of a report include the title page, a letter, or memo of transmittal, the table of contents, a list of figures, and an executive summary.
The prefatory parts of a report include the title page, a letter or memo of transmittal, the table of contents, a list of figures, and an executive summary.
2.
As she mentioned last week, we will not be meeting again until September.
As she mentioned last week we will not be meeting again until September.
3.
When he returns, we will, revisit the decision.
When he returns, we will revisit the decision.
Choose the best revision for the following sentences.
4.The office closes at 5:30 p.m., however, you are welcome to stay and work late.
The office closes at 5:30 p.m.; however, you are welcome to stay and work late.
No revision is necessary.
The office closes at 5:30 p.m. however, you are welcome to stay and work late.
5.Four of the five departments must revise their operational budgets. They are: Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Marketing.
No revision is necessary.
Four of the five departments must revise their operational budgets. They are Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Marketing.
Four of the five departments must revise their operational budgets. They are, Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Marketing.
6.True or False: In this country, semicolons and colons are always placed inside closing quotation marks.
True
False
Explanation / Answer
(1)
We must not put a comma before starting the 'or' statement because it links to 'letter' only. So, the correct answer should be The prefatory parts of a report include the title page, a letter or memo of transmittal, the table of contents, a list of figures, and an executive summary.
(2)
As she mentioned last week, we will not be meeting again until September.
Reason - "As" at the beginning of a sentence requires the second clause and for that comma is required.
(3)
When he returns, we will revisit the decision.
There is no reason for putting a comma after 'we will' because we will revisit the decision can stand as a single phrase.
(4)
generally, we should put a comma before and after 'however'. But here the first part of the sentence can stand as a single sentence and also both the parts have equal weight and one does not imply the other. So, the best choice is perhaps -
The office closes at 5:30 p.m.; however, you are welcome to stay and work late.
(5)
Four of the five departments must revise their operational budgets. They are Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Marketing.
(6)
[FALSE]
In the USA, you always place semicolons and colons outside closing quotation marks.
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