Mechanics and Punctuation

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Commas

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Colons and Semicolons

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Apostrophes

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Hyphens

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Quick Quiz

Basic Punctuation

1. Read the following sentence and decide which option places (or does not place) hyphens correctly in it: GEERing Up is a ___________________ organization that promotes science, engineering and technology to youth in the Greater Vancouver area.
2. Read the following sentence and decide which option places (or does not place) hyphens correctly in it: _____________________ from the University of British Columbia run the program.
3. Read the following sentence and decide which option places (or does not place) hyphens correctly in it: Workshops are targeted at students of different ages and it is not uncommon to see ______________________ enjoying themselves.
4. Read the following sentence and decide which option places (or does not place) hyphens correctly in it: _____________________________ enable students to gain experience in experiments and are designed to increase interest in science, engineering and technology.
5. Read the following sentence and decide which option places (or does not place) apostrophes correctly in it: ________________________ are all very friendly.
6. Read the following sentences and decide which option places (or does not place) apostrophes correctly in them: It is a good idea not to dwell on our _____________; _____________ bad things should be forgotten once they are over.
7. Read the following sentence and decide which comma (of those numbered throughout) should not be included: Incredibly,¹ space travel is now a realistic expectation for people under 40 and for members of older generations,² who are willing to spend the money,³ to jump aboard commercial ‘flights’,⁴ to outer space in the next 10 years.
8. Read the following sentence and decide at which points (of those numbered throughout) a comma should be included: Students are often surprised¹ when² without warning³ their instructors tell them they are about to sit a pop quiz⁴ that probes their understanding of recent topics discussed in class.
9. Read the following sentence and decide which grammar mechanic is incorrectly used: Botanists from five different continents have completed a 48-year project, which aims to make plant life history data freely available to scientist’s all over the world.
10. Read the following sentence and decide which grammar mechanic is incorrectly used: By using the Floral Powerset’s data, like minded-researchers can probe important ecological questions without ever conducting fieldwork themselves.
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Mechanics and Punctuation