Read the excerpt from “Votes for Women,” a speech by Mark Twain from 1901. As for this city's government, I don't want to say much, except that it is a shame – a shame; but if I should live twenty-five years longer – and there is no reason why I shouldn't – I think I'll see women handle the ballot. Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten Twain’s words?
Read the excerpt from “The Gettysburg Address,” Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten Lincoln’s words?
Which sentence contains a correctly punctuated nonrestrictive modifier?
Read the sentence. Noah who draws comic books in his free time wants to write a graphic novel. Which version of the sentence has correctly placed commas?
Which sentence contains a correctly punctuated nonrestrictive modifier?
Read the sentence. Marlena, who enjoys many different subjects, likes history and geography the best. Which part of the sentence is the nonrestrictive modifier?
Which sentence is written correctly?
Read the excerpt from "Votes for Women,” a speech by Mark Twain from 1901. I should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. I should like to see that whiplash, the ballot, in the hands of women. Which quotation correctly uses an ellipsis to shorten Twain's words without changing their meaning?
Which sentence is written correctly?
Read the excerpt from “On Women’s Right to Vote,” an 1873 speech by Susan B. Anthony. Our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws. Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten Anthony’s words?
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