OK all you punctuation police, and you know who you are, take this test. Ha!

8 out of 8 (I don't see 10)--but a few of their "correct" answers contain errors. In #1, a comma

should follow New York. In #2, unless they have more than one style editor, Anya's name should be enclosed within nonrestrictive commas. In #4, I would accept all uses of the dash; in the first answer, which is the "wrong" one, the dash emphasizes a pause, though no punctuation there at all would be strictly correct.

#3, with the comma outside the closing quotation mark, which they say is wrong, would be correct in Britain and, I think, in UN and EU documents.

 
I was going to say "Well, there goes my idea of right and wrong concerning commas" but I was afraid

I'd make a mistake! What happened to the idea of punctuation marks inside of parentheses? After the first "incorrect" tick, I caught on and answered ones right that I would've sworn were wrong, and only missed 2 too.

 
I still don't know why my #2 choice was wrong, with the Q: and A:

"Q: What did Michelle Obama wear to the UN? A: A shimmery red skirt suit with a signature bow at the neck."

But I could really care less what Michelle Obama is wearing :eek:)

 
They forgot about people that use an apostrophe to indicate plural. . .

I am not the best at punctuation, but I try.

Seeing this: "The dog's had fun at the dog park." when the speaker meant, "The dogs had fun at the dog park." really drives me nuts (and not nut's!).

 
So which is it, you and me? Sounds clumbsy, but IT's probably right. The worst error I'd ever

seen was when there was a sign for "Dirty Towel's" - and it was in a DOCTOR's office. Geesh. Ouch.

 
There was nothing wrong with your choice....

that's why it was incorrect. Because your needed to "Select the sentence WITH the error to win big."

The sentance "Q: What did Michelle Obama wear to the UN? A: A shimmery red skirt suit with a signature bow at the neck." Uses a colon correctly.

However it would be interesting to see a skirt with a bow at the neck. Because I, and I don't think it's just me, tend to wear them around my waist. Just what kind of skirt is Michelle wearing? Oh wait, I forgot. I don't care. smileys/wink.gif

 
Yes, but the question for me is...why do people suddenly think it's clumsy when we spoke this way

for years?

 
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