Grammer Sp. 3 · Gamify SAT

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Grammer Sp. 3

Other Weird Punctuation Situations

1. The legendary ____ Paul McCartney was known for his beautiful love songs.

A) Beatle,

B) Beatle

C) Beatle;

D) Beatle.

INPUT -> B? This is harder to apply than the last step .·°՞(≧□≦)՞°·.

2. It is not clear if, barring a huge change in administration ____ there can be anything done on this issue.

A) policy,

B) policy

C) policy:

D) policy and

INPUT-> A. Obiously like duh yeah

3. The ____ has ruined all of our lives.

A) dog I bought at the pet store

B) dog, I bought at the pet store,

C) dog; I bought at the pet store;

D) dog, I bought at the pet store

INPUT-> A... Sounds right? But it's too long, huh? B could be right too though. . . I'm having trouble (╥﹏╥). Okay, a sentence* can't go for that long without any punctuation, B. B. B.

4. Alex Hormozi has amazed the world by having the most successful book launch in history. His accomplishments are not confined to ____ he also has a huge social media presence and has started multiple incredibly successful businesses.

A) literature however

B) literature, however,

C) literature, however;

D) literature; however,

INPUT-> C. I mean just look at it = ´⌐｀ = no way I'm wrong

5. The SAT is approachable for anyone. Whether you have a lot of experience or little, the SAT is ____ taking Geometry and Algebra II does help make the study process easier.

A) doable; nevertheless,

B) doable, nevertheless,

C) doable, nevertheless:

D) doable, nevertheless;

INPUT-> D? Could be A, but I think it's D. The 2nd part doesn't need "nevertheless".

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REVIEW

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Answer Key

B. The title is "Beatle" and the name is "Paul McCartney." Therefore, no comma is required.

◝(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)◜ nice!

A. The "barring a huge change in administration policy" part of the sentence is unnecessary information. Therefore, two commas must be used to separate the unnecessary information from the rest of the sentence.

ദ്ദി( • ᴗ < ) look who got it

A. "dog I bought at the pet store" is the subject of the sentence, since it performs the action "has ruined all of our lives." You cannot remove anything from the sentence and have it still make sense, so there is no unnecessary information.

(˃̣̣̥ᯅ˂̣̣̥) I was close. So it's okay if a sentence can go on. Huhuuuuu. Lesson learned

C. The first sentence (Alex Hormozi has amazed the world by having the most successful book launch in history) contradicts with the first part of the second sentence (His accomplishments are not confined to business). Therefore, the semicolon must be at the end of the choice.

(,,>﹏<,,) yay, I still got it

A. The first sentence (The SAT is approachable for anyone) contradicts with the second part of the second sentence (taking Geometry and Algebra II does help make the study process easier

.·°՞(≧□≦)՞°·. Yeah no nvm. What'd I'd get anyway? 3/5? That's a 60% (╥﹏╥) ugh

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Overview

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. . . So, I wasn't expecting to do well, but I did a bit better than I anticipated. So it's not that bad. But I definitely don't want to keep this at a C. I'll need to practice on everything about this topic overall. The images provided for this section confused me a bit, only because I think I didn't understand it. (╥﹏╥)

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