College Entrance Exam: Punctuation Marks (Part Four)

Which sentence is correct?

• I was born in December 1964 in Saskatchewan.

• I was born in December, 1964, in Saskatchewan.

• I was born in December, 1964 in Saskatchewan.

Answer explanation

No commas are necessary when you use only the month and the year in dates.

Which sentence is correct?

• Hi how are you doing? Gosh I haven’t seen you in ages.

• Hi, how are you doing? Gosh I haven’t seen you in ages.

• Hi how are you doing? Gosh, I haven’t seen you in ages.

• Hi, how are you doing? Gosh, I haven’t seen you in ages.

Millie and Dino dance ____ sing.

• and

• ,and

Millie dances in a Spanish flamenco troupe ____ Dino sings in a popular band.

• and

• ,and

Zaynah didn't make any comments during the two-hour meeting ____ did she provide any suggestions.

• nor

• ,nor

Zaynah made no comments ____ suggestions during the meeting.

• nor

• ,nor

Ian likes to swim ____ he doesn't go swimming often, because the beach is so far away.

• but

• ,but

Ian loves to swim in lakes ____ never in chlorinated pools.

• but

• ,but

Fiddleheads are a New Brunswick delicacy that can be boiled ____ steamed.

• or

• ,or

Fiddleheads, a New Brunswick delicacy, can be boiled ____ they can be steamed.

• or

• ,or