Homework Help Forum: Grammar

Posted by Jordyn on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 3:53pm.

Are these correctly punctuated? He admitted that he drank 10 beers a day. There is only one alternative to growing old; Dying young. Surgery will take place in 6 weeks, however, if his symptoms worsen, we will perform it sooner. Her tumor had metastasized rapidly; therefore, she was given only a short time to live. The heart is slightly enlarged - his breathing is much worse. He came in complaining of the following: Enuresis, borborygmus, and hematemesis.

• Grammar - Writeacher, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 4:04pm

  1st = fine 2nd - needs work; read up on semicolons and capitalization and let us know what you decide to change. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/semicolon.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/capitals.htm 3rd - needs work; read up on semicolons and let us know what you think needs to change here. 4th = fine 5th - this is a compound sentence; punctuation needs work; see #2 here: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm 6th = fine

  
  

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