#GRAMMAR 13.7 PRACTICE (due date: Thursday, November 17)

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DIRECTIONS:
1. In TWENTY of the sentences, insert commas wherever necessary. (20 points)
*Copy and paste the entire sentence into the box and correct it as necessary.
*Look at the number in parentheses to determine how many commas to include in the sentence.

2. FIVE of the sentences are correct. For those sentences, write none on the line. (5 points)
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The package is addressed to Roger Moore 453 Crystal Circle Salinas CA 93901.
(3 Commas)

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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14 1865 just five days after the Civil War ended.
(2 Commas)

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Walt Whitman’s poem When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d stanza 6 describes how Americans mourned President Lincoln’s death.
(2 Commas)

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Do you know why December 7 1941 is an important date in the history of the United States?
(2 Commas)

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This story about Crispus Attucks is from Virginia Hamilton’s Many Thousand Gone pages 20–22.
(0 or 1 Commas)

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My dental appointment is on Thursday March 17.
(0 or 1 Commas)

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I wrote to the publisher at 2460 Kerper Boulevard Dubuque IA 52001.
(2 Commas)

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The Greensboro North Carolina company produces modular computer furniture.
(2 Commas)

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Summer vacation begins this year on June 10.
(0 or 1 Commas)

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Dr. Cesar Jimenez M.D. gave expert testimony at the trial.
(2 Commas)

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Annela is a foreign exchange student from Helsinki Finland.
(0 or 1 Commas)

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In April 1917 the United States entered World War I.
(0 or 1 Commas)

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According to the application, 26 January 1980 is Jenny’s date of birth.
(0 or 1 Commas)

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The article was written by Marian Otting Ph.D. an expert on the Jewish religion.
(2 Commas)

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Angie read aloud the opening lines of act I scene ii of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
(2 Commas)

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This year Emily will be attending cheerleading camp from July 28 to August 2.
(0 or 1 Commas)

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This catalog just arrived from a video game company in Rochester New York.
(0 or 1 Commas)

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Garrett won’t be eligible to take his driver’s test until May 1996.
(0 or 1 Commas)

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The sporting goods company has moved to 7676 Carondelet Avenue St. Louis MO 63105.
(2 Commas)

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Our route takes us from Biloxi Mississippi to Chattanooga Tennessee.
(3 Commas)

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In the atlas, the location for Washington Pennsylvania is given as page 36 A-2.
(3 Commas)

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Send your postcards with the correct answer to Geo Quiz 346 First Street Denver CO 80217.
(3 Commas)

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The deadline for the writing contest is 26 September 1994.
(0 or 1 Commas)

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Holmes County Ohio has the largest Amish population outside Pennsylvania.
(2 Commas)

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The footnote cited Guide to Owl Watching in North America page 35 as the source for the map of owl territories.
(2 Commas)