Question

Which of the following choices accurately corrects the sentence below?

Jeff the famous author and inventor arrived late at the lecture hall for his public appearance.
Jeff the famous author and inventor, arrived late at the lecture hall for his public appearance.
Jeff the famous author, and inventor arrived late at the lecture hall for his public appearance.
Jeff, the famous author and inventor arrived late at the lecture hall for his public appearance.
Jeff, the famous author and inventor, arrived late at the lecture hall for his public appearance.

Answer 1

The first sentence is the refrence sentence

Answer 2

This one is like the other question, the commas should be used to help not make this a run-on and improve the flow. D does that, it separates the introduction of the sentence from the additional information about Jeff.

Answer 3

You are the best! Thank you so much. If I have another question I will tag you.

Answer 4

Thank you, your welcome, I just love helping people and also I could use some practice with grammar myself.

Answer 5

Samuel F. Smith wrote the words to the patriotic song "My Country 'Tis of Thee," in 1831. No one knows who composed the music.


What is the best way to rewrite the bold phrase in the sentence above?
song "My Country 'Tis of Thee" in
song, "My Country 'Tis of Thee," in
, song "My Country 'Tis of Thee," in
song, "My Country 'Tis of Thee" in

Answer 6

B?

Answer 7

@Abbiegalie223489

Answer 8

I think it would be B too because the comma should be inside the quotation marks

Answer 9

sorry, did you pick the answer yet, because I think it should be d, instead.

Answer 10

I think B

Answer 11

Sorry. I left. One sec.

Answer 12

Which sentence is written correctly?
Of great concern to scientists is the controlled growth of bacteria cultures in test tubes.
Have you thought about how there is lots of stories in the Bible that involve miraculous events?
Have the United States Marine Corps been a part of the United States Armed Forces since 1775?
There is many retired couples who travel overseas together after retiring from the workforce.

Answer 13

@Abbiegalie223489

Answer 14

B?

Answer 15

B should say are instead of is that would make more sense

Answer 16

So B?

Answer 17

No

Answer 18

B is wrong

Answer 19

C?

Answer 20

The same problem is evident in a and d, they are awkward sounding when you read them aloud and could be worded better.

Answer 21

c?

Answer 22

I think C sounds good.

Answer 23

ok!

Answer 24

It was A

Answer 25

C was wrong

Answer 26

oh is that because it says, have the united states marine corps been apart of the united states armed forces, and those are two different things? I just noticed that.

Answer 27

Oh wow O.O

Answer 28

Or actually, looking closer apart is one word

Answer 29

not two

Answer 30

and in c it separates a and part

Answer 31

I'm sorry about that I should have noticed it :(

Answer 32

It's OK!

Answer 33

You still have a metal and a fan

Answer 34

Thanks

Answer 35

do you have any more questions?

Answer 36

Yes. I have maybe 10. At the most

Answer 37

I will close this and open a new one

Answer 38

okay

Answer 39

I wish it wasn't spring break.

Answer 40

My teachers won't answer their emails.

Answer 41

Oh. it's not spring break for me anymore, I wish it was spring break

Answer 42

Do you have your textbooks?

Answer 43

My spring break was this week

Answer 44

Yes. But I can't clear a blue ribbon. Only teachers can do that and that is all I need.

Answer 45

I had my spring break two weeks ago I think, it feels like such a long time ago I already forgot

Answer 46

Can you help me with Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers?

Answer 47

if I open a new question?

Answer 48

No, I've heard of those before but I don't know what they are. If this is in study island though you can click on the lesson link next to the assignment, and those are really helpful.

Answer 49

like they give you a short overview of the topic and examples

Answer 50

ok