English Grammar for the Utterly Confused - Laurie Rozakis 2003
Answer key
Chapter 10 Punctuation
Part 4 A Writers Tools
True-False Questions
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. T 9. T 10. F 11. T 12. T 13. F 14. T 15. F
Completion Questions
1. dash, hyphen 2. Parentheses 3. contraction 4. editorial clarification 5. two dots 6. quotation 7. colon 8. Commas 9. before 10. an informal 11. period 12. exact words 13. independent 14. comma 15. slashes
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. d 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. c 6. c 7. a 8. b 9. b 10. a
Further Exercises
1. Long-time Boston residents still talk about the molasses flood that engulfed the city’s north end on January 15, 1919. Many people were sitting near the Purity Distilling Corporation’s fifty foot high molasses tank enjoying the unseasonably warm day. The tank was filled with more than two million gallons of molasses—and it was about to burst apart. First, molasses oozed through the tank’s rivets. Then the metal bolts popped out, the seams burst, and tons of molasses burst out in a surge of deadly goo. The first wave, over twenty-five feet high, smashed buildings, trees, people and animals like toys. Sharp pieces of the tank sliced through the air, injuring scores of people. After the initial destruction, molasses continued to clog the streets for days. Many survivors had to have their clothing cut off: dried molasses turned clothing into cement. People were stuck to sidewalks and benches; molasses glued telephone receivers to ears and hands. The disaster left more than 20 people dead and more than 50 hurt.
2. In many Native American tribes, the “shaman” or medicine man, acted as a ceremonial priest. In other tribes, however, the medicine man’s job was to treat any one of his people who became ill. In his role as a healer, the medicine man carried a bag of secret herbs and charms to rid the patient of his sickness. Among the tools of his trade were dried fingers, deer tails, drums, rattles, and tiny sacks of herbs. Different tribes used different herbs, depending on what was available in the area and through trading. The Dakotas, for example, relieved asthma with the powdered root of skunk cabbage; the Kiowas stopped dandruff with the soaproot plant.