Topic outline

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  General

  The videos are currently under production.  This page with all the questions with solutions will be completed over the summer.

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  Introduction

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  [1]

  Insert quotation marks in the following text.

  

  • Q1 Solution Page
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  [2]

  Capitalize the following titles

  (a) the woman speaks to the man who has employed her son

  (b) a world of poetry for CXC

  • Q2 Solution Page
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  How do you correct or avoid the run-on or fused sentence?

  • Q3 Solution Page
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  How do you correct or avoid the error known as the comma-splice?

  • Q4 Solution Page
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  How do you differentiate between the use of the apostrophe for the the purposes of showing possession and for contraction, with regard to use of the word its?

  • Q5 Solution Page
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  What are the rules of punctuation regarding the quoting of a line of poetry in literature essays?

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  What are the rules of punctuation regarding the quoting of multiple lines of poetry in literature essays?

  • Q7 Solution Page
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  [8]

  How and why do you use hyphens with compound adjectives?

  • Q8 Solution Page
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  Why and when do you use dashes in your writing?

  • Q9 Solution Page
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  How to avoid abuse of the question mark?

  • Q10 Solution Page