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Exercise 3.8

2 February, 2015 - 12:20

On your own sheet of paper, correct the following sentences by adding semicolons or colons where needed. If the sentence does not need a semicolon or colon, write OK.

  1. Don’t give up you never know what tomorrow brings.
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  1. Our records show that the patient was admitted on March 9, 2010 January 13, 2010 and November 16, 2009.
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  1. Allow me to introduce myself I am the greatest ice-carver in the world.
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  1. Where I come from there are three ways to get to the grocery store by car, by bus, and by foot.
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  1. Listen closely you will want to remember this speech.
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  1. I have lived in Sedona, Arizona Baltimore, Maryland and Knoxville, Tennessee.
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  1. The boss’s message was clear Lateness would not be tolerated.
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  1. Next semester, we will read some more contemporary authors, such as Vonnegut, Miller, and Orwell.
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  1. My little sister said what we were all thinking “We should have stayed home.”
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  1. Trust me I have done this before.
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