There's no room for error, said the engineer.

"There's no room for error," said the engineer.

Yes, Jim said, I'll be home by ten.

"Yes," Jim said, "I'll be home by ten."

we took a lesson in german and translated it into english.

We took a lesson in German and translated it into English.

In baseball, a showboat is a player who shows off.

In baseball, "a showboat" is a player who shows off.

He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said, "No, I don't know".

Place the period inside of the last quotation mark.

There was only one thing to do study till dawn

Add a semicolon between "do" and "study," and a period.

And before we knew it he was gone.

And, before we knew it, he was gone.

Several countries participated in the airlift; Italy, Belgium, and France

Change the semicolon to a colon and add a period to the end.

The following are the primary colors red, blue, and yellow.

The following are the primary colors: red, blue, and yellow.

my mother is called ann and my father is called tom

My mother is called Ann and my father is called Tom.

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1
There's no room for error, said the engineer.
Correct as is.
"There's no room for error," said the engineer.
"There's no room for error, said the engineer.
None of the above.
2
The men in question (Harold, Jim, and Gerald) deserve awards.
Correct as is.
None of the above.
The men in question, Harold, Jim, & Gerald, deserve awards.
The men in question Harold Jim and Gerald deserve awards.
3
Yes, Jim said, I'll be home by ten.
None of the above.
"Yes." Jim said, "I'll be home by ten."
"Yes," Jim said, "I'll be home by ten."
"Yes," Jim said, I'll be home by ten.
4
we took a lesson in german and translated it into english.
None of the above.
We took a lesson in German and translated it into English.
We took a lesson in German and translated it into english.
We took a lesson in German and translated it into English
5
In baseball, a showboat is a player who shows off.
In baseball, a "showboat" is a player who shows off
None of the above.
Correct as is.
In baseball, "a showboat" is a player who shows off.
6
The following creates compound adjectives.
A dash.
A semi-colon.
A hyphen.
None of the above.
7
He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said, "No, I don't know".
Add a comma in front of "so."
Remove the quotation marks from the phrase, "you know."
Correct as is.
Place the period inside of the last quotation mark.
8
The following is used to separate off parts of a sentence or put in an extra example.
Dash.
Brackets.
Hyphen.
Colon.
9
There was only one thing to do study till dawn
Add a semicolon between "do" and "study," and a period.
Add a semicolon between "do" and "study."
None of the above.
Add an em dash between "do" and "study," and a period.
10
And before we knew it he was gone.
And, before we knew it, he was gone.
And, before we knew it; he was gone.
Correct as is.
None of the above.
11
The following separates independent clauses.
A colon.
A period.
A dash.
A hyphen.
12
Several countries participated in the airlift; Italy, Belgium, and France
Add a period to the end of the sentence.
Correct as is.
Change the semicolon to a colon and add a period to the end.
13
The following is used to separate two or more nouns, or to separate phrases or clauses.
A semi-colon.
None of the above.
A period.
A comma.
14
The following are the primary colors red, blue, and yellow.
The following are the primary colors; red, blue, and yellow.
None of the above.
The following are the primary colors, red, blue, and yellow.
The following are the primary colors: red, blue, and yellow.
15
The following is used to separate parts of a sentence.
A semi-colon.
A comma.
A colon.
A period.
16
i live on olive street next to the city center
Capitalize I at the beginning of the sentence.
All of the above.
Add a period at the end of the sentence.
None of the above.
17
my mother is called ann and my father is called tom
My mother is called ann and my father is called Tom.
My mother is called Ann and my father is called Tom
my mother is called Ann and my father is called Tom
My mother is called Ann and my father is called Tom.
18
did ramadan start on thursday
Add a question mark at the end of the sentence.
Capitalize Did, Ramadan, and Thursday.
All of the above.
None of the above.
19
The following is used to form contractions or to indicate possession.
A comma.
A colon.
A semi-colon.
An apostrophe.
20
The following is used to show that words have been left out of a sentence.
A bullet point.
None of the above.
A period.
Ellipsis.

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