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1) select the sentence which has correct punctuation.
a) the man celebrated his twenty-fifth birthday by doing the following: first he ate pizza, second he went to the ball game, and third he played a video game.
b) the man celebrated his twenty-fifth birthday by doing the following: first; he ate pizza, second; he went to the ball game, and third; he played a video game.
c) the man celebrated his twenty-fifth birthday by doing the following: first, he ate pizza; second, he went to the ball game; and third, he played a video game.
d) the man celebrated his twenty-fifth birthday by doing the following: first he ate pizza; second, he went to the ball game; and
third, he played a video game.
e) the man celebrated his twenty fifth birthday by doing the following: first, he ate pizza; second, he went to the ball game; and third, he played a video game.
2) type the following sentence and add parentheses or brackets where needed. use exact spelling and correct spacing. add any necessary punctuation marks for clarity.
all 4 of the sentences.
-the acs american cancer society was founded by businessmen and doctors.
-marc thierry (he is from paris called the "city of lights") is a well-respected doctor.
-the new inductee proclaimed, "it my membership is my greatest honor! "
-the first game to be held in the new gym is against rocky point high school.
3) read the passage below (taken from "the struggle for an education." washington, booker t. 1901. up from slavery) select the passage that uses ellipses correctly.
one day, while at work in the coal-mine, i happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people somewhere in virginia. this was the first time that i had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college that was more pretentious than that little coloured school in our town.
a) one day, i happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people. . this was the first time that i had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college. .
b) one day, . . i happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people. this was the first time that i had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college. .
c) one day, . . i happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people. . this was the first time that i had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college. .
d) one day, . . i happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people. . this was the first time that i had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college.