Read each sentence carefully, and then select the punctuation correction that must be made to that sentence.
1:A vegan a term that is a contraction of the word vegetarian is a vegetarian who consumes no animal or dairy products.(In this sentence.....vegetarian is underlined)
A:Add a dash after vegan
B:Add a comma after vegetarian(the one that is underlined)
C:Add brackets around who consumes no animal or dairy products.
D:Add parentheses around a term that is a contraction of the word vegetarian(the one that is underlined).***
2:My husband was shocked by his parents' decision he had grown up eating meat and dairy products.
A:Change parents' to parent's
B:Change parents' to parents
C:Add a semicolon after decision***
D:Add a comma after decision
3:My mother-in-law mentioned that she had a book called "The China Study."
A:Remove the hyphen after mother.
B:Add colon after called
C:Add parentheses around called "The China Study."
D: Change "The China Study." to The China Study<-( The China Study is underlined here)***
Are these correct?
1) A
2) D
3) C
4) C
5) D
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Yes, your answers are correct. A book title may also be italicized in print, but underlining is correct when italic print is not possible.
took the test , you were correct on all
Thank you, so much!
1: D (Add parentheses around a term that is a contraction of the word vegetarian)
2: C (Add a semicolon after decision)
3: D (Change "The China Study." to The China Study)
1: The correct answer is A. Add a dash after vegan. The sentence should read: "A vegan - a term that is a contraction of the word vegetarian - is a vegetarian who consumes no animal or dairy products." The dash is used to set off additional information or clarify a term.
2: The correct answer is C. Add a semicolon after decision. The correct sentence should be: "My husband was shocked by his parents' decision; he had grown up eating meat and dairy products." A semicolon is used to join two closely related independent clauses.
3: The correct answer is D. Change "The China Study." to The China Study. The sentence should read: "My mother-in-law mentioned that she had a book called The China Study." Quotation marks are used to indicate the title of a book or other published work.