Where does the period go when material in parentheses ends a sentence? | Card: 1 / 36 |
Fill in the blank: Periods go _____ parentheses only if an entire sentence is inside the parentheses. | Card: 3 / 36 |
A question mark should be placed inside the parentheses. You are late (aren't you?). | Card: 6 / 36 |
Which is correct? | Card: 7 / 36 |
B) When he got home (it was dark), he fixed dinner. Commas follow parentheses more often. | Card: 8 / 36 |
Brackets are used exclusively within quoted material to explain, comment, or show interruptions. | Card: 10 / 36 |
Fill in the blank: When quoting material with errors, insert _____ in italics within brackets. | Card: 11 / 36 |
Sic means 'thus' in Latin and indicates the original material is quoted exactly. | Card: 14 / 36 |
False. Some recommend an apostrophe only, while others recommend an apostrophe + s. . | Card: 18 / 36 |
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Which is correct for showing possession? | Card: 19 / 36 |
What is the correct possessive form of 'children'? | Card: 25 / 36 |
False. Never use an apostrophe to make a name plural. Write 'The Wilsons are here.' | Card: 28 / 36 |
True or False: Personal pronouns like 'its' and 'yours' take apostrophes for possession. | Card: 35 / 36 |
False. Personal pronouns hers, ours, yours, theirs, its, whose never take apostrophes. | Card: 36 / 36 |






