martes, 22 de diciembre de 2015

Exercise of punctuation


1. Ten men in question -Harold Keene , Jim Peterson , and Gerald Greene deserve awards.
2. Several countries participated in the airlift: Italy , Belgium , France and Luzemburg.
3. Only one cause was open to us surrender - said the ex-major- and we did it .
4. Judge Carswell , later to be nominated for the Supreme Court , had ruled against civil rights.
5. In last week's New Yorker ( one of my favorite magazines ) I enjoyed reading Leland's article : How Not to Go Camping.
6. Yes -Jim said- I'll be home by ten.
7. There was only one thing to do : study till dawn.
8. Montaigne wrote the following : "A wise man never loses anything , if he has himself".
9. The following are the primary colors: red , blue and yellow.
10. Arriving on the 8:10 plane were Liz Brooks , my old roommate , her husband and Tim , their son.
11. When the teacher commented that her spelling was poor , Lynn replied : "All the member of my family are poor spellers.Why not me ?"
12. He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said "No, I don't know."
13. The automobile dealer handled three makes of cars : Volkswagens , Porches , and Mercedes Benz.
14. Though Pill said he would arrive on the 9:19 flight , he came instead on the 10:36 flight.
15. Whoever thought -said Helen- that Jack would be elected class president ?
16. In baseball , a show-boat is a man who shows off.
17. The minister quoted Isaiah 5:21 in last Sybday´s sermon.
18. There was a very interesting article entitled " The New Rage for Folk Singing" in last Sunday´s New York Times newspaper.
19. Whoever is elected secretary of the club -Ashley , Chandra or Aisha- mus be preparated to do a great deal of work -said Jumita-the previous secretary.
20. Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" (1859) caused a great controversy when it appeared.
21. What a great time in France ; the kids really enjoyed it.
22. Some people work best in the mornings ; others do better in the evenings.
23. What are you doing next week ?
24. Mother had to go into hospital , she had heart problems.
25. Did you understand why I was upset ?
26. It is a fine idea , let us hope that it is going to work.
27.We will be arriving on Monday morning ; at least I think so.
28. A textbook can be a wall between theacher and class.
29. The girl's father sat in a corner.
30.In the words of Murphy´s Law : "Anything that can go wrong , will go wrong."