Where Does The Comma Go?
Where Does The Semicolon Go?
Where Don't They Go?
Practice For The No Longer Perplexed
Correct the following sentences, identifying the type of errors
.
- It is essential that work begin immediately, otherwise additional
competition may begin to surface.
- This will indicate exactly how it is affecting our production
rate, and its effect on the entire cycle.
- For a big eater the points meal plan is excellent, because there
is no one fixed overhead rate.
- To avoid litigation it would be in the best interests of the client
to have the devices left in their present locations, and install
new ones, elsewhere.
- The system includes these and many other reports but it is not
as time-efficient as the old system in my judgment.
- For every completed survey a coupon with a 10% discount should
be given for the next purchase and the customer should be encouraged
to visit again.
- During emergency procedures at sea it is likely that few if any,
unclassified publications would actually be destroyed; before
the ship is captured.
- If pages are missing, send a report to the local distributing
authority explaining the circumstances surrounding the page loss,
and conduct a thorough investigation.
- To be able to use a computer it is necessary to be able to type.
- This concern cannot be ignored making the problem urgent.
- Our proposal presents the options available for computer hardware
and it also gives a layout of activities for the course, when
it begins.
- The problem is universal and needs to be solved to show that the
University is concerned about its students; as well as to maintain
an optimum working environment.
- In order to finish the design work on the possible solutions more
information is needed.
- There are a large number of customers in the first two hours creating
a tremendous rush.
- A significant amount of the training money goes to the cost of
moving employees to the training facility, and the wages of their
replacements.
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