NCO Primary Leadership Subjects
The Semicolon, Continued
Punctuate the following sentences. Use semicolons and commas where they are
Practice
needed.
1.
a.
Please close the window the room is cold.
b.
Lieutenant Collins had not completed his homework consequently he
failed the test
c.
The report is not ready today it may be completed by Friday.
d.
The allotment has been transferred to the Production Division hence
construction of the partitions must be delayed.
2.
a
Colonel Williams is interested in purchasing a new car however he thinks
the prices are too high.
b.
When the game started Private Rahe who had been a great success the
week before was not on the floor and all of the spectators wondered what
had happened to him.
c.
When the scorpion stung the man he felt a sharp pain in his foot but since
there was no swelling he thought that he had not been injured.
d
Robert M. Roman chairman of the union will travel through most of
southern Europe through all of the Near East and in case there is time
along the northern western and southern coasts of Africa.
e.
If you want your writing to be worthwhile give it unity if you want it to be
easy to read give it coherence and if you want it to be interesting give it
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Writing Mechanics and Composition
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