replace one proper noun with a common noun of your choice. Replace one common noun with a proper noun of your choice. Identify your replacements with "(P)" for "proper" and "(C)" for "common."
Day after day after day, the main street and the park in
Midville stood deserted. Sid, my sister, and I stayed in
shady corners and in front of old plastic fans that twisted
back and forth, back and forth.
Day after day after day, the bustling city and the playground in
Midville stood deserted. Sid, my sister, and I stayed in
shady corners and in front of old plastic fans that twisted
back and forth, back and forth. (C)
is that all
Yes, that is all.
what about the propper nouns
Apologies for missing the proper noun replacements. Here are the revised sentences:
Day after day after day, the bustling metropolis and the playground in
Midville stood deserted. Sid, my sister, and I stayed in
shady corners and in front of old plastic fans that twisted
back and forth, back and forth. (P)
how
Here's an example of replacing one proper noun with a common noun and one common noun with a proper noun:
Day after day after day, the bustling city and the Central Park in
Midville stood deserted. Sid, my sister, and I stayed in
shady corners and in front of old plastic fans that twisted
back and forth, back and forth. (P)
put (p) and (c) next to what you replaced
Apologies for the confusion. Here's the revised sentence with the proper noun (Central Park) replaced with the common noun (park) and the common noun (city) replaced with the proper noun (Midville):
Day after day after day, the (c) bustling (p) park and the (P) Midville in
Midville stood deserted. Sid, my sister, and I stayed in
shady corners and in front of old plastic fans that twisted
back and forth, back and forth.
Which of the following sentences from the passage should be revised to show correctly punctuated coordinate adjectives?
A. Light scattered across the wide, distant fields.
B. Sid, my sister, and I stayed in shady corners and in front of old plastic fans . . .
C. Now, the breeze swept through the dry restless grass, whispering as it went.
D. I didn't know it then, but that single breeze would long stand out in my memory.
Sentence A should be revised to show correctly punctuated coordinate adjectives.
hhow
Apologies for the confusion. In the given passage, the sentence that should be revised to show correctly punctuated coordinate adjectives is sentence A.
The revised sentence with correctly punctuated coordinate adjectives would be:
Light scattered across the wide and distant fields.
In the original sentence, "wide" and "distant" are coordinate adjectives describing the fields, but they are not properly punctuated. By adding the coordinating conjunction "and" between them, we create a correctly punctuated list of coordinate adjectives.