Correct or Incorrect?--dashes, colons, semicolons, parentheses(RL)
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
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| Ronald brought: brownies, watermelon, and potato salad to the church picnic. | incorrect
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| Terry hated that his bathroom walls were—mint green. | incorrect
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| The last time I went to Disney World (1997) I was impressed by the cleanliness of the place. | correct
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| My mother, a teacher at a prestigious high school, is nearing retirement. | correct
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| I never allow my children to watch TV; drink sugary drinks; or go to bed without brushing their teeth. | incorrect
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| Small planes are the only way to travel in the Alaskan arctic: some areas are simply too remote to reach any other way. | correct
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| The hockey team had just one singular goal: winning. | correct
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| The creepy vampire was out for—blood. | incorrect
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| It was his pretty face—not his acting skill—that made Tom Cruise famous. | correct
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| Amy never knew what hit her—the massive deer that hit her car appeared like an apparition from the dark woods. | correct
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| Ell and her brothers (rented a motorboat) and went fishing for the weekend. | incorrect
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| I hated the apartment (#17F) for so many reasons. | correct
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| The walls were trashed (sagging wall paper and several holes), the carpets were filthy (stained and worn thin), and the place was infested with pests (mice and roaches around every turn). | correct
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| The two brothers, fraternal twins, looked nothing alike. | correct
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| The store was (closed) when I arrived. | incorrect
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