Lesson 404 – Mechanics – Punctuation – Apostrophes

Use an apostrophe to indicate possession with nouns. Use the apostrophe with the last name only for joint ownership. Example: Carl and Helen’s cat was stuck up the tree.

Instructions: Supply the apostrophes and/or “s” to make the possessives in the following sentences.

1. Smith and Johnson store sells almost everything possible.

2. Jim and Jeff apartment was really dirty.

3. We can borrow Gene and Fred boat for tomorrow.

4. The cat and mouse game ended abruptly.

5. The buyer and salesman discussion brought the buyer a new car.

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Answers:

1. Smith and Johnson’s store sells almost everything possible.

2. Jim and Jeff’s apartment was really dirty.

3. We can borrow Gene and Fred’s boat for tomorrow.

4. The cat and mouse’s game ended abruptly.

5. The buyer and salesman’s discussion brought the buyer a new car.

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Lesson 399 – Mechanics – Punctuation – Italics/Underlining

Material that is italicized in print or by computer is underlined in typewritten or hand written work.

Italicize titles of books; of long plays and long poems; of periodicals, newspapers and magazines.

Instructions: Italicize those words which need italics in these sentences.

1. At the doctor’s office I read from two magazines, Time and Newsweek.

2. I take two daily newspapers, the Daily Herald and the Deseret News.

3. I love Dickens’s story of the French Revolution A Tale of Two Cities.

4. When in San Francisco, I saw the famous play Les Miserables.

5. Have you read the long poem The Idylls of the King?

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Answers:

1. At the doctor’s office I read from two magazines, Time and Newsweek.

2. I take two daily newspapers, the Daily Herald and the Deseret News.

3. I love Dickens’s story of the French Revolution A Tale of Two Cities.

4. When in San Francisco, I saw the famous play Les Miserables.

5. Have you read the long poem The Idylls of the King?

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Lesson 398 – Mechanics – Punctuation – Italics/Underlining

Material that is italicized in print or by computer is underlined in typewritten or hand written work.

Italicize words used emphatically, but it should not be overdone. Example: You never agree with me.

Instructions: Italicize those words which you could emphasize in these sentences.

1. I do not like that at all.

2. That was an awesome movie.

3. I love your dress.

4. You always slur your words when you speak.

5. She overdoes everything.

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Answers:

1. I do not like that at all.

2. That was an awesome movie.

3. I love your dress.

4. You always slur your words when you speak.

5. She overdoes everything.

(You could emphasize any word that you wanted, but again you should do so sparingly.)

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Lesson 396 – Mechanics – Punctuation – Italics/Underlining

Material that is italicized in print or by computer is underlined in typewritten or hand written work.

Italicize foreign words not yet accepted as part of our language. Example: Do this tout de suite.

Instructions: Italicize those words which need italics in these sentences.

1. Sarah likes the expression tout a fait.

2. Have you ever noticed how tempus fugit?

3. Everyone has heard c’est la vie.

4. Tanto faz is my favorite foreign phrase.

5. Some people always have to have the dernier cri.

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Answers:

1. Sarah likes the expression tout a fait.

2. Have you ever noticed how tempus fugit?

3. Everyone has heard c’est la vie.

4. Tanto faz is my favorite foreign phrase.

5. Some people always have to have the dernier cri.

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Lesson 394 – Mechanics – Punctuation – Colons

Place a colon outside of quotation marks. Example: That reminds me of a line from “A Psalm of Life”: “Let us, then, be up and doing.”

Instructions: Place colons where needed.

1. When offered an alcoholic drink, one should remember Martial’s line in “A Total Abstainer” “No, I really don’t care for a drink.”

2. Do you remember the quote from “Carpe Diem” “This day’s thine own; the next may be denied.”

3. A man and a wife should use a line from “The Task” “With all thy faults, I love thee still.”

4. Do you agree with this line from “Lacon” “Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.”?

5. Whittier says in “Ichabod” “When faith is lost, when honor dies, The man is dead!”

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Answers:

1. When offered an alcoholic drink, one should remember Martial’s line in “A Total Abstainer”: “No, I really don’t care for a drink.”

2. Do you remember the quote from “Carpe Diem”: “This day’s thine own; the next may be denied.”

3. A man and a wife should use a line from “The Task”: “With all thy faults, I love thee still.”

4. Do you agree with this line from “Lacon”: “Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.”?

5. Whittier says in “Ichabod”: “When faith is lost, when honor dies, The man is dead!”

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Quiz for Lessons 386 – 390 – Mechanics – Punctuation – Colons

Instructions: Place colons where needed.

1. That statement can be found in Volume I pages 98-100 of The Raven The Life of Sam Houston.

2. Dear Harmon’s

3. I like what it says in James 520.

4. Dear Sirs

5. I will be here at 1200 P.M. for my money.

6. I enjoyed reading The Army of the Potomac A Stillness at Appomattoxby Bruce Catton.

7. I couldn’t find it in Volume IX pages 3-6.

8. Thanksgiving dinner will be at our place at 230 P.M.

9. A good college text was The American Constitution Its Origins and Development.

10. Revelation 62-8 talks about the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

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Answers:

1. That statement can be found in Volume I: pages 98-100 of The Raven: The Life of Sam Houston.

2. Dear Harmon’s:

3. I like what it says in James 5:20.

4. Dear Sirs:

5. I will be here at 12:00 P.M. for my money.

6. I enjoyed reading The Army of the Potomac: A Stillness at Appomattoxby Bruce Catton.

7. I couldn’t find it in Volume IX: pages 3-6.

8. Thanksgiving dinner will be at our place at 2:30 P.M.

9. A good college text was The American Constitution: Its Origins and Development.

10. Revelation 6:2-8 talks about the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

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Lesson 390 – Mechanics – Punctuation – Colons

Use a colon between the numbers referring to volume and the pages of books and magazines. Example: It is found in Volume II: pages 22-23.

Instructions: Place colons where needed.

1. That statement can be found in Volume X pages 198-200.

2. I found that information in Volume 54 pages 31-34.

3. Look in that magazine Volume 24 pages 3-4.

4. Volume VI pages 245-247 will have the information that you need.

5. Check the encyclopedia Volume 20 pages 105 -106.

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Answers:

1. That statement can be found in Volume X: pages 198-200.

2. I found that information in Volume 54: pages 31-34.

3. Look in that magazine Volume 24: pages 3-4.

4. Volume VI: pages 245-247 will have the information that you need.

5. Check the encyclopedia Volume 20: pages 105 -106.

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