Punctuation - Purdue

The men in question ^ Harold Keene, Jim Peterson, and Gerald Greene ^ deserve awards.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Several countries participated in the airlift^ Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

"There's no room for error^" said the engineer^ "so we have to double check every calculation."

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Judge Carswell ^ later to be nominated for the Supreme Court ^ had ruled against civil rights

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

In last week's New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article ^How Not to Go Camping^.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

^Yes,^ Jim said, ^I'll be home by ten.^

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

There was only one thing to do^ study till dawn.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Montaigne wrote the following^ "A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself."

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

The following are the primary colors: red^ blue^ and yellow.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Arriving on the 8:10 plane were Liz Brooks, my old roommate^ her husband^ and Tim, their son.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A