Capitalization and Punctuation
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Dec 6, 2023
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Question 1
4 / 4 pts
he is especially known for his humor, and his social, and Political criticism.
Your Answer:
He is especially known for his humor and his social and political criticism.
Correct answer: He is especially known for his humor and his social and political criticism.
Question 2
4 / 4 pts
Will rogers 1879-1935 was a famous movie star newspaper writer, and lecturer.
Your Answer:
Will Rogers (1879-1935) was a famous movie star, newspaper writer, and lecturer.
Correct answer: Will Rogers, 1879–1935, was a famous movie star, newspaper writer, and lecturer.
Question 3
3 / 4 pts
A part cherokee indian he was born in what was then indian Territory before Oklahoma became a state.
Your Answer:
A part-Cherokee Indian, he was born in what was then Territory before Oklahoma became a state.
Correct answer: A part Cherokee Indian, he was born in what was then Indian Territory before Oklahoma
became a state.
Question 4
4 / 4 pts
He said "my ancestors may not have come over on the mayflower, but they met 'em at the boat.
Your Answer:
He said, "My ancestors may not have come over on a Mayflower, but they met 'em at the boat."
Correct answer: He said, “My ancestors may not have come over on the Mayflower, but they met ‘em at the boat.” Question 5
4 / 4 pts
Continuing to be close to his oklahoma roots he appeared in fifty one silent movies and twenty one talking movies.
Your Answer:
Continuing to be close to his Oklahoma roots, he appeared in fifty-one silent movies and twenty-one talking movies.
Correct answer: Continuing to be close to his Oklahoma roots, he appeared in fifty-one silent movies and
twenty-one talking movies.
Question 6
2.5 / 4 pts
At the age of fifty six he was killed in an airplane crash near point Barrow Alaska.
Your Answer:
At the age of fifty-six, he was killed in an airplane crash near Barrow, Alaska.
Correct answer: At the age of fifty-six, he was killed in an airplane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska.
PartialQuestion 7
2 / 4 pts
To her amazement, she discovered that she was chatting with a real prince, Prince Igor of (1) Transylvania
in (2) fact he seemed to like her.
Correction 1: E. No change needed
Correction 2: B. Insert a comma after “fact”: Use commas to set off parenthetical elements such as mild interjections, most conjunctive adverbs, quotation indicators, and special abbreviations
Answer 1:
E. No change needed Incorrect - correct answer is C. Insert a semicolon after “Transylvania”: Use a semicolon between two independent clauses joined by a conjunctive adverb such as one of the HOTSHOT CAT words
Answer 2:
B. Insert a comma after “fact”: Use commas to set off parenthetical elements such as mild interjections, most conjunctive adverbs, quotation indicators, and special abbreviations Correct Answer
PartialQuestion 8
2 / 4 pts
One night at (1) eleven her wretched stepfamily was snoring (2) raucously and Cyberella was busily dusting the family computer, which someone had left running.
Correction 1: A. Insert a comma after “eleven”: Use a comma to separate sentence elements that might be misread.
Correction 2: B. Insert a comma after “raucously”: Use a comma to separate main clauses joined by one of the coordinating conjunctions commonly referred to by the acronym FANBOYS.
Answer 1:
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