Can you differentiate the meanings they convey?

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1. “The teacher,” said the student, “is stupid.”

2. The teacher said, “The student is stupid.”

3. A clever dog knows its master.

4. A clever dog knows it's master.

5. Everyone I know, has a problem.

6. Everyone I know has a problem.

7. She ate a half-fried chicken.

8. She ate a half fried chicken.

9. I left him convinced he was a fool.

10. I left, him convinced he was a fool.

11. In the parade will be several hundred children, carrying flags and many

important officials.

12. In the parade will be several hundred children, carrying flags, and many

important officials.

13. The play ended happily.

14. The play ended, happily.

15. Thirteen people knew the secret, all told.

16. Thirteen people knew the secret; all told.

17. Thirteen people knew the secret all told.

4. Match the punctuation marks given in activity 14 with the appropriate definition.

a.……… are used at the beginning and end of a phrase to show that it is being written exactly as it was originally said or written.

b. ……… is used to indicate that it is the end of a declarative sentence.

c. ....... are used to separate explanations or qualifying statements within a sentence. The part in the parentheses is called a parenthetical remark.

d. ……… is used between parts of a compound word or name. It is also used

to split a word by syllables to fit on a line of text.

e. ……… is used to show excitement or emphasis.

f. ……… is used as a substitute for a missing letter or letters in a word (as in the

cannot = can't), to show the possessive case, and in the plural of letters, numbers and abbreviations.

5. Correct any punctuation or grammar you can find in the following sentences.

1. Charles E. Baskin the new member of the Board has been our employee for

seven years.

2. The auditor asked “If all members of the work group has access to the petty cash fund?”

3. It would not be fair however to consider only this point.

4. Todd Turner a supervisor of our company plans to visit the plant next month.

5. Because of common belief that profits are too high we will cut our prices on most items.

6. In last month issue of Modern Business appeared Johnson's latest article What System Theory Means to You.

7. Yes he replied that is exactly what he means.

8. We make our plans on the day to day basis.

9. If we can be certain that we have the facts we can make our decisions soon.

10. Working in this department are three classes of support clerical support computer support and customer support.

11. We guarantee that this is a good clean car.

12. Budgets for some past years 2001 for example were prepared without

consulting the department managers.

13. As soon as Smith was elected President the vote was almost 2 to1 he introduced his plan for reorganization.

14. Small town buyers favor old models therefore the board concluded that both models should be manufactured.