CORRECT.
32a – Use a comma before a coordinating
conjunction joining two independent clauses.
INCORRECT.
32a – second clause has no subject and is
therefore a dependent clause.
INCORRECT.
32b – Use a comma after an introductory
clause or phrase.
INCORRECT.
32c – Use a comma between all items in a
series.
CORRECT.
32c – A series must have at least three elements.
CORRECT.
Might include a comma after Today, per 32g,
but not required, per first example in 33h (in 6th
edition; sorry if earlier versions don’t have the
same example).
CORRECT.
32e – Restrictive element—no commas.
AMBIGUOUS—can be either restrictive or
non-restrictive, depending on how the
emphasis is placed.
CORRECT.
32e – Non-restrictive phrase who is 172 years
old is not vital information, so add commas.
INCORRECT.
32e – Restrictive (and also an appositive)
CORRECT.
32e – Non-restrictive (non-vital)
information, since longest already identifies
the proper novel.
INCORRECT.
32f – Transitional expression (however) that
shifts direction of the sentence.
CORRECT.
32f - Transitional expression (however) that
does not shift direction of the sentence.
CORRECT.
32f – Use commas to set off parenthetical
expressions.
CORRECT.
32fh – Use a comma to introduce a quote.
unless . . .
INCORRECT.
32fh – Use a comma to introduce a quote unless
using a coordinating conjunction (that).
INCORRECT.
32i – In dates, the year is set off with commas.
CORRECT.
32i – In an address, separate all elements except
the zip code with commas.
INCORRECT.
32i – Separate titles using commas.
INCORRECT.
33h – (Almost) Always use a comma before a
coordinating conjunction.
CORRECT.
32f – Strangely is a parenthetical expression;
thus, separate it with commas.
(Optionally, can add a comma after spaceship.)
INCORRECT.
33h – Commas always follow, never precede,
parentheses.
CORRECT.
34a – Use a semicolon (no hyphen in semicolon)
between closely related independent clauses not
joined by a coordinating conjunction. Also have
option to place commas after both Yesterday and
today (see slide 13).
INCORRECT.
43c – Use a semicolon between items in a series
containing internal punctuation (above version is
correctly punctuated).
INCORRECT.
35a – Use a colon after a complete independent
clause to direct attention to a list: The trip
included visits to the following: Paris, Berlin,
Madrid, and Mazomanie.
INCORRECT.
35d – Do not use a colon between a preposition
and its object. (HAH!)
INCORRECT.
35d – Don’t use a colon after such as, including,
or for example. It simply isn’t done.
INCORRECT.
36a – Use an apostrophe to show possession.
CORRECT.
36a – Use an apostrophe to show possession, even if
the noun being possessed precedes the subject.
CORRECT.
36a – For possessive nouns ending in S, add an
apostrophe. Can also add ’s: Tommy Lee
Jones’s new movie is due out in seven minutes.
Ambiguous.
36a – To denote plural possessive, add an apostrophe. Period. In the
plural sense, all of the uniforms of all of the cheerleaders were stolen.
But—One might also argue that there is but one cheerleader who had
all of her uniforms stolen, in which case the sentence is punctuated
correctly.
CORRECT.
36a – To show joint possession (both parties share the
troubles), add an apostrophe S only to the last noun.
(Cory and Cora each have their own dog)
INCORRECT.
36a – To show individual possession (Cory and Cora each
have their own dog), add an apostrophe S to each noun.
INCORRECT.
36a and 36c – Sixties is not possessive; further,
sentence refers to the 1960s, so we need an
apostrophe to indicate that 19 has been
ellipsed: ‘60s.
INCORRECT.
36e – It’s = it is.
CORRECT.
36e -
It’s = it is and nothing else.
INCORRECT.
36e - Who’s = who is and nothing else.
INCORRECT.
36e - Certain pronouns are already possessive.
INCORRECT.
37a - Always question your teachers. Except
when they say that soft punctuation goes
inside the quotation marks.
CORRECT.
37a – Hard punctuation goes outside the
quotation marks (except for a period at the end
of a sentence).
INCORRECT.
37c - Quotes within quotes use single quotation
marks.
CORRECT.
37f – A period is the one bit of hard punctuation
that goes inside the quotation marks.
INCORRECT.
37f – Question mark pertains only to the phrase
inside the quotation marks; sentence as a whole
is a declarative sentence.
INCORRECT.
37g – Do not use quotation marks to draw
attention to familiar slang, to disown or
highlight trite expressions, or to justify an
attempt at humor.
INCORRECT.
38a & b – Differentiate between an actual
question and a question couched in a
declarative sentence.
INCORRECT.
39c – Use brackets to indicate changes or
additions within a direct quote.
CORRECT.
39d – Though it can get pretty crowded in there. But
use ellipses only when ellipsing material from the
middle of a quote—not at the beginning or the end.
And a space before and after every dot.
CORRECT.
44 – Use a hyphen to connect two or more words
functioning together as an adjective before a noun.
INCORRECT.
44 – Use a hyphen to connect two or more words
functioning together as an adjective before a noun.
CORRECT.
Not in the book, but this is how you do it.