Exercise: Periods, Semicolons, and Commas+ FANBOYS

(answers p. 241)

1. Many common substances found in household items

are dangerous to people's D health, however, experts A) NOCHANGE
insist that they are harmless in very small amounts. In B) health; however, experts insist
C) health, but experts insisting
addition, factors such as temperature or length of exposure
D) health, nevertheless, experts insist
may affect substances' potential to cause harm.

2. Universities have historically offered a wide variety

D
of continuing education D classes, some of them are A) NOCHANGE
now offered over the Internet as well as in traditional B) classes, some of them that are
classrooms. In fact, the number of classes offered C) classes. Some of which are
D) classes, some of which are
electronically has skyrocketed over the past decade and
is expected to continue to increase.

3. Gwendolyn Knight painted throughout her D life, D

she did not start seriously exhibiting her work until A) NOCHANGE
relatively late. Her first gallery exhibit took place when she B) life, however, she did not start
C) life but did not start
was in her fifties, and her first retrospective exhibit
D) life; but she did not start
occurred when she was nearly 80 years old. Entitled
"Never Too Late for Heaven," it took place at the Tacoma
Museum of Art in Tacoma, Washington, in 2003.

4. African-American life during the 1920s was

D
documented in great detail by the writers and artists of the A) NOCHANGE
Harlem Renaissance. Far less is known about it during the B) Depression in the 1930s the market
D Depression in the 1930s, the market for their work C) Depression. In the 1930s, the market
D) Depression, in the 1930s the market
disappeared almost overnight when the stock market
crashed.

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5. The geologic iru1tabiJity known as the Pacific Ring
of Fire has produced numerous. faults. Thex cause Which of the following would NOT be an
acceptable alternative to the underlined portion?
approximately 10,000 earthquakes annually. Roughly 90%
of all earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. and the A) faults, they cause
ring is dotted with three-quarters of all active volcanoes B) faults; they cause
C) faults that cause
on [Link].
D) faults, which cause

6. Nestled in the middle of three southern provinces.

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Dofiana National Park is one of Europe's most significant A) NOCHANGE
conservation D areas, it is a maze of lagoons, marshes, B) areas, a maze
lakes, cliffs, woodlands, and long stretches of pristine C) areas, this is a nm:e
D) areas it is a maze
beaches untouched by human development. The park
contains miles of trails, and visitors can spend hours
hiking, biking, and admiring the hundreds of bird species
that cluster in the trees.

7. Frank Uoyd Wright (June 8, 1867 -April 9, 1959) -

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0

was many. things in addition to being ab architect who A) NOCHANGE

designed more than 1,000 buildings, he was also an interior B) things, in addition to being an architect
designer and writer. His architectural philosophy held that . C) things. In addition to being an architect
D) things in addition to being an architect,
buildings should be designed in hannony with people and
their surrounding environments. This idea. which became
known as organic architecture, was best exemplified by his
A) NOCHANGE
design for the Fallingwater home (1 935): a house built into
B) residence. It is considered
the side of a hill and balanced over a waterfall. Used as C) residence; it is considered
Wright's summer II residence, and it is considered a D) residence, it is considered
masterpiece of American architecture.

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8. When it came to food, a pirate's life could be
difficult living at sea, far from major seaports, meant A) NOCHANGE
that hunger was a normal part of daily living. The absence B) difficult. Living at sea
C) difficult, living at sea,
of warm, dry storage spaces put normal pantry staples such
D) difficult, living at sea
as flour and dried beans at a high risk of mold. Climate
also presented preservation problems, keeping fresh
fruits and meats was next to impossible in warmer waters.
A) NOCHANGE
Moreover, fresh water was difficult to keep during long B) problems keeping fresh fruits
sea voyages because it could easily be contaminated by C) problems, keeping fresh fruits,
D) problems; keeping fresh fruits
algae and microbes.

9. Norman Rockwell's paintings depicting everyday

life appealed to a vast D audience in the 1950s, A) NOCHANGE
Rockwell became one of the most popular artists in the B) audience, in the 1950s,
United States. Rockwell is most famous for the cover C) audience in the 1950s
D) audience. In the 1950s,
illustrations he created for The Saturday Evening II Post,
he published hundreds of images over the course of four
decades.
A) NOCHANGE
B) Post; publishing
C) Post, having published
D) Post he published

10. Scientists have long believed that camels originated

D
in North America and then spread throughout the world, A) NOCHANGE
a theory that was first proposed after a camel fossil B) this first being proposed
was discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1913. As C) this theory was first proposed
D) and the first theory proposed
researchers eventually discovered, these camels were much
larger than their modem counterparts, they had long,
massive limbs and long spines on the thoracic vertebra,
A) NOCHANGE
creating a large hump.
B) counterparts. They had
C) counterparts that they had
D) counterparts and having

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