Quiz on Using Quotation Marks [Logo]

Directions: Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence or sentences will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary punctuation marks -- quotation marks, commas, etc. -- and capitalize words where necessary. Remember that quoted language or titles within a larger quotation will require single-quote marks. We are looking for standard American (as opposed to British) habits of punctuation in this exercise.

When you are finished with each section (or, if you wish, wait until you've done them all), click on "Grammar's Version," which will reveal how we would have punctuated the sentence(s). Don't forget to add any ending quotation marks. If you cheat by looking at Grammar's Version first, your computer will start to smell like an old sneaker.

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Insert any necessary punctuation marks in the sentence above
before clicking on "Grammar's Version."
    

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Insert any necessary punctuation marks in the sentence above
before clicking on "Grammar's Version."
    

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Insert any necessary punctuation marks in the sentence above
before clicking on "Grammar's Version."
    

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Insert any necessary punctuation marks in the sentence above
before clicking on "Grammar's Version."
    

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Insert any necessary punctuation marks in the sentence above
before clicking on "Grammar's Version."
    

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Insert any necessary punctuation marks in the sentence above
before clicking on "Grammar's Version."
    

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Insert any necessary punctuation marks in the sentence above
before clicking on "Grammar's Version."
    

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Insert any necessary punctuation marks in the sentence above
before clicking on "Grammar's Version."
    

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Insert any necessary punctuation marks in the sentence above
before clicking on "Grammar's Version."
    

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Insert any necessary punctuation marks in the sentence above
before clicking on "Grammar's Version."
    

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Thanks to Binto George, a PhD student in Supercomputer Education and Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, for help with this javascript.


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