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Practice Semicolons
Punctuate the following sentences:
- The sun was really bright it was a perfect day for swimming.
- A thesaurus provides synonyms for words it does not give definitions.
- Education is clearly one of the steps to a stabilized population but education in itself is not the total answer to our problem.
- Many Americans feel feminism is a threat to the current labor market a few think women should not work at all.
- Meg knows a secret she refuses to tell it.
Punctuate the following sentences in the places marked by parentheses:
- Ishmael () the narrator () goes to sea () he says () "whenever it is a damp ()drizzly November" in his soul () and Ahab () the captain of the ship () goes to sea because of his obsession to hunt and kill the great albino whale () Moby-Dick.
- The driving test () which you failed last time () may be repeated only once more.
- At camp Susan signed up for swimming () which everybody had to take () crafts () which she enjoyed the most ()and riding () which she really didn't know anything about.
- My job requires character traits: focus() which is necessary for tutoring () friendliness () so I can interact with all the clients () and silliness () which gets me through the difficult times.
- I can't imagine people not loving the movie () which stars my favorite actor.
Combine the following groups of sentences into one sentence:
- Erica has the book I need. She forgot to bring it back again today.
- My mom broke her ankle. My mom has always had weak ankles. She will be in a cast for several weeks.
- My boss loses her temper rarely. She was very upset when I brought my dog to work four days in a row.
- Three of my friends are already married. Two more are getting married next month.
- This school wastes a large amount of paper. We recently implemented a mandatory Email program to help conservation efforts.
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