Question

the other girls start laughing their heads off the rain is coming down in torrents, and these six people are just standing out there, rulers of their own private universe.
for some reason; i wish i was out there covered in mud, too.

1. f. no change

g. off?
h. off.
j. off,

1. a. no change

b. theyre own private universe.
c. their own private universe;
d. their own private universe.

1. f. no change

g. reason: i wish
h. reason, i wish
j. reason? i wish
part 2
directions: in each item, certain parts are underlined and labeled. circle the letter of the underlined part that contains an error. if the item has no error, circle e for no error.

1. w. h. auden wrote, \some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered\. no error

a b c d e

1. franz kafka, author of the short novel the metamorphosis, once wrote, \a book ought to be an icepick to break up the frozen sea within us.\ no error

a b c d e

1. \there is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book\ said oscar wilde. \books are well written, or badly written. that is all.\ no error

a b c d e

1. colette once said, \when one can read, can penetrate the enchanted realm of books, why write\? ironically, colette wrote over 50 novels. no error

a b c d e

1. leon uris had this to say: \to me a writer is one of the most important soldiers in the fight for the survival of the human race.\ \he must stay at his post in the thick of fire to serve the cause of mankind.\ no error

a b c d e

Explanation:

Question 3:

The sentence ends with a dependent clause that continues after, so no question mark or extra punctuation is needed after "off". The original is correct.

Question 9:

"Their" is the correct possessive pronoun for "six people". "They're" is a contraction of "they are", which is incorrect here. A semicolon would be wrong as the phrase is not an independent clause, and "their'" is a misspelling.

Question 10:

"For some reason" is an introductory phrase, and the rest of the sentence is an independent clause. A comma is the correct punctuation to separate them, not a semicolon, colon, or question mark.

Question 11:

The quote ends with a period, which should be placed inside the closing quotation marks. The error is in part D.

Question 12:

All punctuation, capitalization, and grammar are correct in this sentence.

Question 13:

When introducing a direct quote, a comma should follow the introductory phrase "said Oscar Wilde" before the second quote. The error is in part C.

Question 14:

The quote "When one can read, can penetrate the enchanted realm of books, why write?" is missing the subject "one" after the comma, creating a fragment. The error is in part B.

Question 15:

All punctuation, capitalization, and grammar are correct in this sentence.

Answer:

1. F. NO CHANGE
2. A. NO CHANGE
3. H. reason, I wish
4. D. undeservedly remembered".
5. E. No error
6. C. Wilde. "Books
7. B. can penetrate
8. E. No error