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Click to edit Master title style Fun Exercises: Punctuation Puzzle The Importance of Correct Punctuation What time did I wait from and to? Who Shot Who? European Union Language Standardization _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed on: 12/29/2021 - Effective Writing - Page 1 / 14
Click to edit Master title style Punctuation Puzzle The following sentence is grammatically correct, it just needs to be given the correct punctuation: Ann while Bob had had had a better effect on the teacher. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed on: 12/29/2021 - Effective Writing - Page 2 / 14
Click to edit Master title style Punctuation Puzzle Answer: Ann, while Bob had "had", had "had had". "Had had" had a better effect on the teacher. "Had had" is past perfect and Bob had [written] the wrong answer on his HW assignment (or whatever), which was "had". Ann had [written] the correct answer, which was "had had". Thus, While Bob had "had" [on his paper], Ann had "had had" on her paper. The fact that Ann had "had had" on her paper made the teacher happy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed on: 12/29/2021 - Effective Writing - Page 3 / 14
Click to edit Master title style The Importance of Correct Punctuation Punctuate this letter: Dear John I want a man who knows what love is all about you are generous kind thoughtful people who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior you have ruined me for other men I yearn for you I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart I can be forever happy will you let me be yours Gloria Now take a look at two different versions. . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed on: 12/29/2021 - Effective Writing - Page 4 / 14
Click to edit Master title style Version 1: What does this letter mean? Dear John, I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you let me be yours? Gloria _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed on: 12/29/2021 - Effective Writing - Page 5 / 14
Click to edit Master title style Version 2: What does this letter mean? Dear John, I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be? Yours, Gloria _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed on: 12/29/2021 - Effective Writing - Page 6 / 14
Click to edit Master title style What time did I wait from and to? I waited from two too. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed on: 12/29/2021 - Effective Writing - Page 7 / 14
Click to edit Master title style What time did I wait from and to? I waited from two too. From 1: 58 PM to 1: 58 AM. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed on: 12/29/2021 - Effective Writing - Page 8 / 14
Click to edit Master title style Who Shot Who? A duel was fought between Alexander Shott and John Nott was shot and Shott was not. In this case it is better to be Shott than Nott. Some said that Nott was not shot. But Shott says that he shot Nott. It may be that the shot Shott shot, shot Nott, or it may be possible that the shot Shott shot, shot Shott himself. We think, however, that the shot Shott shot, shot not Shott, but Nott. Anyway it is hard to tell which was shot and which was not. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed on: 12/29/2021 - Effective Writing - Page 9 / 14
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Click to edit Master title style Here a few genuine news bloopers gleaned from American newspapers. These were taken from an article by Richard Lederer, author of "Anguished English". • On behalf of Barbara Rutledge and her family, our sincere thanks go out to those sending flowers, cards and contributing to the death of her husband. • The airplane was only a few feet from the ground when it crashed, witnesses said. • With the exception of victim less crimes (which need not concern us here), every single crime committed in this nation of ours involves a victim. • A purple lady's bicycle was missing from Serendipity Lane recently. • Chairman Billings asked Board members to muster support from parent-teacher groups to support the governor's task force on driving while intoxicated. • He hasn't even had his day in court yet, but Simon Wynne has been kicked off the ESU basketball team after being arrested and accused of driving a parked car while intoxicated. • Montreal police don't hesitate to use whatever laws, regulations or persuasion they feel they need to control morality in the city and prevent it from getting a foothold. • A college friendship that began a year ago ended in matrimony yesterday. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed on: 12/29/2021 - Effective Writing - Page 14 / 14