Exercise 49.1

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X. Punctuation (Chapters 48-54)

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Exercise 49.1

Correct the comma errors in the following sentences:

This activity contains 10 questions.

In comparison with ordinary soap the production of detergents exerts a more intense environmental impact.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

Three out of four Americans claim to believe in God and four out of ten go to church regularly.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

If a typical book contains 500 pages the information content of a single chromosome corresponds to some 4,000 volumes.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

There are numerous private daycare centers in the United States but the employees are often underpaid and weary from looking after too many children.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

In many countries people cannot conceive of themselves apart from the family or group they belong to. In the United States on the other hand self-reliance is the fundamental virtue.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

The English language surrounds us like a sea and like the waters of the deep it is full of mysteries.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

Of all the world's languages (which now number some 2,700) English is arguably the richest in vocabulary.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

For most people body temperature drops at night, and then rises in the morning.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

Enjoyment and appreciation are related terms but they are not synonymous.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

Although one can enjoy music without understanding it appreciation of music requires some knowledge.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

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