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Aptitude Test Topic: Punctuation

“Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.” ~Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

Directions

Punctuation is the name for the marks we use in writing. Punctuation marks are tools that have set functions. We use them to structure and organised our words, and to give sentences meaning and rhythm.

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Punctuation: All Topics Practice MCQ

Question Statement:

What correction should be made to this sentence?

Place commas before and after the parentheses.

Do not capitalize Republicans.

Change woman to women.

Change nominated to nomminated.

No correction is necessary.

Explanation:

Correct Answer: E

. E: Option E is the correct response. This question tests students' knowledge of the use of parentheses, which set off unnecessary information without using commas. The sentence is correct as written. Using commas with the parentheses would be redundant and incorrect, making choice A wrong. Answer B is also wrong; Republicans is the proper name of a particular political party and requires capitalization. Choice C, likewise, is incorrect; the sentence requires a singular noun to refer to Margaret Chase Smith. Answer D is wrong; the word is correctly spelled as it is written in the text.

Question: 1 Test: 32 of 32 Next Test

Tests

You are taking Aptitude Test No. 32

Each aptitude test is comprised of 10 except the last test which might have fewer than 10 in some topics.

You are at question (MCQ) number 1 and Test Number 32 of Punctuation: All topics. To deal with Punctuation questions, you must take lesson on the subject. In case of science and Art subjects revise your text books and in case of general aptitude topics take lessons from the topic page.

The question: What correction should be made to this sentence? .... with options: Place commas before and after the parentheses., Do not capitalize Republicans., Change woman to women., Change nominated to nomminated. can be solved with the concepts and understanding of Punctuation.