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Comma Use - Exercise 2

Revise the following sentences by adding commas where they are needed.  If a sentence is correct, type "correct" in the textbox.  When you are finished, click on the "Check My Work" button at the bottom of the page.

1.  The waiter ignored the rude obnoxious customer.

2.  Joey ate all of his peas but he refused to eat his lima beans.

3.  Edgar Allen Poe the father of the short story is buried in Baltimore.

4.  Since the expansion of the Internet research has become much less tedious.

5.  To maintain excellent grades in your classes is an accomplishment.

6.  Handguns knives and other weapons are turning up in locker checks.

7.  The golfer wearing the plaid pants desperately needs to improve his game.

8.  As cucumbers grow their vines need room to expand.

9.  That movie in my opinion was too scary for children.

10.  You will come to my dance recital won't you?

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Director, Writing Support Program
English Department
Towson University
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