Commas, Misplaced Modifiers and Semicolons

Which is correct?

• She served hamburgers on paper plates to the children.

• She served hamburgers to the children on paper plates.

Although Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a sometimes controversial leader he is the only American president to have been elected to office four times.

• semicolon after leader

• comma after leader

• no comma or semicolon

• comma after American

The blue penguin has pale blue to dark gray feathers and is the smallest of all known penguin species.

• Comma after blue

• Comma after dark gray

• No comma needed

• Comma after penguin

Which is correct?

• The man walked toward the car carrying a brief case.

• The man carrying a brief case walked toward the car.

In vacant lots all over Detroit, people have planted community gardens and created BMX bike trails.

• Commas after planted

• Comma after BMX

• Comma after gardens

• No comma needed

Which is correct?

• We returned the toy that was broken to the store.

• We returned the toy to the store that was broken.

If you ever travel to Greece be sure to visit the beautifully designed Acropolis Museum, with its spectacular collection of ancient Greek artifacts.

• comma after Greece

• Comma after beautifully

• No comma needed

• Comma after spectacular

Which is correct?

• I remembered that I had forgotten my keys after I got home.

• After I got home, I remembered that I had forgotten my keys.

In 1996, two college students discovered a human skull along the Colombia River in Kenniwick, Washington the skull turned out to be more than nine thousand years old.

• Semicolon after college

• Semicolon after Washington

• Comma after Colombia

• Comma after Washington

Which is correct?

• He drove the car for nearly six hours a day.

• He nearly drove the car for six hours a day.