Sentences have been corrected for punctuation, including the use of commas, semicolons, and apostrophes. Furthermore, mixed constructions have been fixed to ensure clarity and correct tense usage. Apostrophe usage has been revised to accurately indicate possession or contractions.
The first task is to rewrite sentences using correct punctuation:
- Ms. Randle arrived around noon; Mr. Randle came later.
The review questions require inserting missing commas or omitting incorrectly placed commas:
- I finally found my keys, and I got to work just in time.
- Mrs. Contreras threw out her old coffee table and cleaned the carpet.
- Taking the elevator to the roof, we hoped we could see the skyline and the bay.
- Though Susan wasn't feeling well, she went to the store anyway and bought ice cream, pizza, and candy.
- I let my neighbor borrow my phone because she said hers was tapped by the police.
For mixed-construction sentences, the corrected version is:
- I lost a glove on my walk, but I found it later.
To insert missing apostrophes or omit unnecessary ones:
- Jack's and Jill's hill is nothing more than a mound of dirt on the southwest corner of Farmer John's land.
- One's labor is proportional to one's wealth.
- George shouldn't say that he'll be in the library when he obviously won't.
- I'll be back.
- Who'll referee those kids' soccer game if not for your brother?