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Identify the sentence type of the following: "While we watched the night sky, a meteor passed overhead." |
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Simple. |
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Compound. |
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Complex. |
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Compound-Complex |
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Choose the sentence with the best punctuation. |
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After the managers meeting last Tuesday, our department was offered these incentives; a bonus equal to two percent of our annual salaries, additional health benefits, and four more paid holidays per year. |
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After the managers' meeting last Tuesday, our department was offered these incentives; a bonus equal to two percent of our annual salaries, additional health benefits and four more paid holidays per year. |
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After the managers meeting last Tuesday, our department was offered these incentives, a bonus equal to two percent of our annual salaries, additional health benefits, and four more paid holidays per year. |
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After the managers' meeting last Tuesday, our department was offered these incentives: a bonus equal to two percent of our annual salaries, additional health benefits, and four more paid holidays per year. |
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After the managers meeting last Tuesday, our department was offered these incentives: a bonus equal to two percent of our annual salaries, additional health benefits, and four more paid holidays per year. |
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Which sentence illustrates the correct use of the colon? |
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We wanted to have everything prepared ahead of time, such as: presentation materials, samples, and reports. |
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His message to our group was as follows: "I want this report by the end of the week." |
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Their office supplies consisted of: two fountain pens, an Underwood typewriter, and a pad of lined yellow paper. |
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At the end of the week, we found that they were: understaffed, underpaid, and overworked. |
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"When dinosaurs roamed the earth" is an example of |
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A clause. |
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A phrase. |
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"Stumbling along the dusty road on the way into town" is an example of |
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A clause. |
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A phrase. |
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Which of the following is written in passive voice? |
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After we ate the turkey, we ate all the pumpkin pie. |
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We ate all the pumpkin pie after we ate all the turkey. |
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After we had eaten all the turkey, we ate the pumpkin pie. |
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After all the turkey was gone, all the pumpkin pie was eaten. |
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7 |
Which of the following sentences is correct? |
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I waited for Bill and she to catch up with me. |
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I waited for Bill and her to catch up with me. |
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Which sentence is correct? |
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The cost-effective training of many of our rivals has decreased our ability to compete. |
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The cost-effective training of many of our rivals have decreased our ability to compete. |
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9 |
Which sentence is correct? |
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Ray Suarez, who will be our team leader next year believes that effective management includes responsiveness to innovative ideas from team members. |
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Ray Suarez, who will be our team leader next year, believes that effective management includes responsiveness to innovative ideas from team members. |
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Ray Suarez, who will be our team leader next year, believes that effective management includes responsiveness, to innovative ideas from team members. |
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Ray Suarez, who will be our team leader next year, believes that effective management includes responsiveness to: innovative ideas from team members. |
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Ray Suarez, who will be our team leader next year, believes that effective management includes: responsiveness to innovative ideas from team members. |
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Which sentences are correctly punctuated? |
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We had wanted to meet him for a long time, and finally we did so. |
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We had wanted to meet him for a long time, and finally did so. |
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We had wanted to meet him for a long time and finally did so. |
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