Formal Writing & Proofreading Review

Front

What punctuation marks are used around material quoted directly from a source?

Back

Quotation marks.

Front

What punctuation mark is used to link two closely related complete sentences?

Back

Semicolon.

Front

What punctuation mark is used to introduce items in a list or a long quoted passage?

Back

Colon.

Front

What is an incomplete sentence that is missing a subject, verb, or does not express a complete thought?

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Fragment.

Front

What part of speech connects words, phrases, clauses, or sentences?

Back

Conjunction.

Front

What punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list?

Back

Comma.

Front

What is the term for a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation?

Back

Run-on sentence.

Front

What punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause or break in a sentence?

Back

Comma.

Front

What is the purpose of proofreading?

Back

To check for errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Front

What is a complete sentence?

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A sentence that has a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought.