P9: Knowing When to Use Hyphens Quiz

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  1. 1. Does the following sentence require a comma? I arrived at the restaurant early, and spent time looking over the menu.

  2. 2. Does the following sentence require a comma? He surprised at the long lines in the grocery store, because it was so close to closing time.

  3. 3. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:

  4. 4. True or false: A semicolon is a punctuation mark that signals a pause that is stronger than a comma but weaker than a period.

  5. 5. True or false: Possessive pronouns (his, hers) show possession without an apostrophe, and indefinite pronouns (another, anybody, everyone) do not require an apostrophe either.

  6. 6. True or false: When citing the title of a book in a paper, a writer must enclose the title i quotation marks.

  7. 7. True or false: Dashes can be used for emphasis and can help a writer create an individualized writing style.

  8. 8. The following is an indirect question and does not require a question mark: I asked him if he wanted to see a movie with me at the Guild.

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