Review: Identifying Punctuation Errors

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Indicate whether each sentence is punctuated correctly or incorrectly.

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1. I wrote letters to: my aunt, the cable company, and my close friend Joe who moved to Tofino four years ago.
   • 1.1 correct
   • 1.2 incorrect
2. "Can working with a computer really improve one’s writing?" they asked.
   • 2.1 correct
   • 2.2 incorrect
3. They read they studied and they reviewed, yet they could not define the term ’onomatopoeia’ on the English exam.
   • 3.1 correct
   • 3.2 incorrect
4. Children sometimes knock at the Wilsons’ door, as if taunting the couple to show themselves, but neither the old man nor his sister ever answers.
   • 4.1 correct
   • 4.2 incorrect
5. We cancelled our subscription to the magazine after it ran a homophobic article; likewise, a number of our friends boycotted the publication.
   • 5.1 correct
   • 5.2 incorrect
6. My sister’s skin used to be as smooth as a childs.
   • 6.1 correct
   • 6.2 incorrect
7. Aaron asked the counsellor if there were many job opportunities for music teachers and if he would have to leave the province to get a good position?
   • 7.1 correct
   • 7.2 incorrect
8. They wanted very badly to see Peter Weirs new film, but fate in the form of the year’s worst snowstorm intruded.
   • 8.1 correct
   • 8.2 incorrect
9. How could the rent review administrators have made such a decision, and how will your landlord live with himself?
   • 9.1 correct
   • 9.2 incorrect
10. "Take me with you," she said. "This town and it’s people are more than I can bear, but I know everything will be different in Toronto".
    • 10.1 correct
    • 10.2 incorrect

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