tailieunhanh - proofreading revising editing_part8

Tham khảo tài liệu 'proofreading revising editing_part8', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | USING COMMAS Exercise 5 The parentheses indicate the optional comma. 19. The water damage caused the plaster to stain crack and fall apart. 20. The reservations only included me Phil and Charles. 21. The basketball court was cracked concrete the rims were bent and the backboards were covered in graffiti. 22. correct Exercise 6 23. The SAT test will be administered on January 18 2004 in the school auditorium. 24. I sent the package to 7335 50th Street . Seattle Washington 98115. 25. correct 26. Blake left for Minneapolis Minnesota yesterday. 27. correct 28. The festival is in Las Vegas New Mexico in May 2004. Exercise 7 29. By the end however the crowd was on their feet. 30. Gosh the hill looks steeper now that I am standing at the top. 31. You cover their point guard Norm and Hal you post up in the key. 32. We expected to play for an hour not ten minutes. 136 LESSON 15 Using Semicolons and Colons LESSON SUMMARY Proper usage of the semicolon and colon demonstrates a thorough understanding of grammar concepts such as independent clauses and conjunctions as well as general punctuation. M astering the uses of a semicolon and colon will help you to edit with confidence. Semicolons between Clauses To refresh your memory an independent clause has a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a complete sentence. When two independent clauses about a related thought are combined into one sentence it is a compound sentence. When a compound sentence does not contain a conjunction such as and or but a semicolon can be used. Example Gregory always donates to Toys for Tots he feels it is important to help disadvantaged children have a happy holiday. 137 USING SEMICOLONS AND COLONS Example Open the box from the top do not use a box knife. Example Set down your pencils close your test booklets. The thoughts in the above examples are closely related so using a semicolon makes good sense. Inserting a period after the first independent clause would cause too much of a break between