Relier Pairs Sentence Level ExcersiseVersion en ligne Can you place the correct punctuation in the corresponding places? par Lauren Winn 1 What does parenthesis ( ) do? 2 The well __ known doctor received recognition for his work __ he was able to perform heart surgery on an elephant. 3 What can a colon do? 4 Th librarian's primary interest drew him into the college library __ love for books and a quest for knowledge 5 She would have loved to go to that concert __ but she had too much homework to do. 6 When are commas used? 7 Bad ellipses 8 What is a "no - no" of ellipses(...)? 9 What does quotation marks ( " ") do in a sentence? 10 Alex gave her cat a bath __even though her cat hates bubbles __ every Tuesday to clean her cat of fleas. 11 When should you use commas? 12 What does a dash( --) do? add extra information interprets a thought in a more dramatic way Gives credit to the original author and avoid plagiarism; enclosed titles of short works and appears in pairs. using it in the beginning or the ending of a quotation ( ) Before nonrestrictive adverbial phrases - and ; "...Jesus wept" Bible John 11:35 , FANBOYS : introduces a direct quotation
