Answers
to Exercises
Semicolons, Colons, and
Dashes, pp. 339-41
What if my answers are
correct?
If you find that all your answers match these, then the your punctuation
skills are satisfactory. Congratulations!
What if my answers are
incorrect?
If you find that some of your answers don't match these, then continue
to study the rules for semicolons, colons,
and dashes. If you are unsure about using semicolons, you will
also want to review the tips for finding and fixing run-ons.
Answers to Creating Sentences with Semicolons,
Colons, and Dashes, p. 339
(Answers will vary.)
Answers to Exercise on Using Semicolons,
Colons, and Dashes Correctly, p. 340
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The three primary colors—red, blue, and yellow—appear
in every one of Randolph’s paintings.
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A great many people may think they are really thinking;
however, most are merely rearranging their prejudices.
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An American’s devotion to McDonald’s rests in part on uniformities associated
with all McDonald’s restaurants:
setting, architecture, food, ambience, acts, and utterances.
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When in doubt, mumble;
when in trouble, delegate.
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Staged in outdoor arenas, the modern rodeo comprises five classes:
bareback bronc-riding, saddle bronc-riding, bull riding, calf roping, and
steer wrestling.
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Today many of us are eating vegetables, fruits, and spices that our parents
scarcely even heard of:
garbanzos, chili peppers, avocadoes, bean sprouts, adzuki beans, tofu,
nori, daikon.
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Myths are public dreams;
dreams are private myths.
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Our three children—Larry, Curly, and Moe—have
decided to enter show business.
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There is one bird that can fly all day without even flapping its wings—the
albatross.
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Baseball is a pastoral game, timeless and highly ritualized;
its appeal is to nostalgia.
Answers to Exercise on Adding Punctuation
to a Paragraph, p. 341
Bad Trip
In 1985 the British Association
of Travel Agents held a memorable conference in Sorrento,
Italy: because
of fog and delayed flights,
most people arrived a day late;
two fell down a marble staircase;
many contracted food poisoning;
one marketing director developed septicemia following a snake bite;
the annual golf tournament had to be cancelled because there was no golf
course.
Pasta
Pasta—a
large family of shaped,
dried wheat pasted—is a basic staple in many
countries. Its origins are obscure. Rice pastes were known
very early in China;
pastes made of wheat were used in India and Arabia long before they were
introduced into Europe in the 11th or 12th century. According to
legend, Marco
Polo brought a pasta recipe with him in 1295 from Asia. Pasta quickly
became a major element in the Italian diet,
and its use spread throughout Europe.
Pasta is made from
durum wheat flour,
which makes a strong,
elastic dough. Hard durum wheat has the highest wheat protein value.
The flour is mixed with water,
kneaded to form a thick paste,
and then forced through perforated plates or dies that shape it into one
of more than 100 different forms. The macaroni die is a hollow tube
with a steel pin in its center;
the spaghetti die lacks the steel pin and produces a solid cylinder of
paste. Ribbon pasta is made by forcing the paste through thin slits
in a die; shells
and other curved shapes are produced with more intricate dies. The
shaped dough is died carefully to reduce the moisture content to about
twelve percent,
and properly dried pasta should remain edible almost indefinitely.
Pastas can be colored with spinach or beet juice. The addition of
egg produces a richer,
yellower pasta that is usually made in noodle form and is often sold undried.
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