Between-sentence punctuation includes all of the following except:

Between-sentence punctuation includes all of the following except:
 
  a. periods.
  b. question marks.
  c. commas.
  d. exclamation points.

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Ques. 2

The primary purpose of punctuation is to
 
  a. complete.
  b. separate.
  c. build.
  d. link.

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Ques. 3

In the sentence Before gaining fame as a writer, Mark Twain worked as a printer, a riverboat pilot, and a miner, the key idea is
 
  a. before gaining fame.
  b. as a writer.
  c. Mark Twain worked.
  d. as a printer, a riverboat pilot, and a miner.

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Ques. 4

All of the following clauses are dependent except:
 
  a. Because I am driving a stick shift.
  b. I get much better gas mileage in my new car.
  c. Whereas my old car was an automatic.
  d. Now that I am good at shifting gears in traffic.

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Ques. 5

The difference between independent and dependent clauses is that a dependent clause
 
  a. expresses a complete thought.
  b. does not contain a subject and a verb.
  c. can stand alone as a complete sentence.
  d. makes sense only when it is joined to an independent clause.

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Ques. 6

To correct a fragment beginning with -ing words, you can
 
  a. add a subject and change the verb form to a verb that completes the sentence.
  b. add a subject and a form of be as a helping verb.
  c. connect the fragment to the sentence that comes before or after it.
  d. do all of the above.

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Ques. 7

An example of a fragment is
 
  a. Gas prices peaked at 4.00 last summer.
  b. We decided to take the train to Chicago.
  c. A really nice hotel close to Lake Michigan.
  d. A highlight of our trip was going to Millennium Park.

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Ques. 8

To find the subject of a sentence, ask
 
  a. whether the sentence has a verb.
  b. who or what performs or receives the action of the verb.
  c. whether the sentence begins with a conjunction.
  d. whether the sentence forms a question.