miércoles, 23 de diciembre de 2015

Punctuation

1. The men in question -Harold Keene, Jim Peterson, and Gerald Greene- deserve awards.
2. Several countries participated in the airlift: Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
3. "Only one course was open to us surrender," said the ex- major, "and we did."
4.  Judge Carswell, later to be nominated for the Supreme Court, had ruled against civil rights.
5. In last week´s New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland´s article "How Not to Go Camping."
6. "Yes", Jim said, "I´ll be home by ten."
7. There was only one thing to do: study till down.
8. Montaigne wrote the following: "A wise man never loses anything if he has himself."
9. The following are the primary colors: red, blue and yellow.
10. Arriving on the 8:10 plane were Liz Brooks (my old Roommate), her husband and Tim, their son.
11. When the teacher commented that her spelling was poor, Lynn replied: "All the members of my family are poor spellers. Why not me?"
12. He used the phrase "you know" so often that i finally said: "No, I don´t know."
13. The automobile dealer handled three makes of cars: Volkswagens, Porsches, and Mercedes Benz.
14. Though Phil said he would arrive on the 9:19 flight, he came instead on the 10:36 flight.
15. "Whoever thought" said Helen, "that Jack would be elected class president?"
16. In baseball, a "show boat" is a man who shows off.
17. The minister quoted Isaiah 5:21 in last Sunday’s sermon.
18. There was a very interesting article entitled "The New Rage for Folk Singing" in last Sunday’s New York Times newspaper.
19. "Whoever is elected secretary of the club -Ashley, Chandra or Aisha- must be prepared to do a great deal of work," said Jumita, the previous secretary.
20. "Darwin’s On the Origin of Species" (1859) caused a great controversy when it appeared.
21. We had a great time in France; the kids really enjoyed it.
22. Some people work best in the mornings; others do better in the evenings.
23. "What are you doing next weekend?"
24. Mother had to go into hospital; she had heart problems.
25. "Did you understand why I was upset?"
26. "It is a fine idea; let us hope that it is going to work."
27. "We will be arriving on Monday morning. At least, I think so."
28. A textbook can be a "wall" between teacher and class.
29. The girls father sat in a corner.
30. In the words of Murphy´s Law, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

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