English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 70

Capital Letters and Punctuation
Each of the following sentences contains an error in capitalization or punctuation. Refer to the box below and write, in the space provided, the letter identifying the error. Then correct the error.
a. missing capital letter
b. missing apostrophe
c. missing quotation marks
d. missing comma
1. ________ Even though I hadn't saved the receipt I was able to return the blender to Sears.
2. ________ "The diners food is always reliable," said Stan. "It's consistently bad."
3. ________ Some people are surprised to hear that manhattan is an island.
4. ________ "To love oneself, said Oscar Wilde, "is the beginning of a lifelong romance."
5. ________ The airplane was delayed for more than three hours and the passengers were getting impatient.
6. ________ Leslie said to the woman behind her in the theater, "will you stop talking, please "
7. ________ Walters arthritis is as good a predictor of the weather as the TV weather report.
8. ________ "Before you can reach your goals," says my grandfather, you have to believe you can reach them."
9. ________ There is little evidence that king Arthur, the legendary hero, really existed.
10. ________ My grandfather learned to cook when he was an Army cook during World war II.