quiz #2

 Judy leads a charmed life she never seems to have a serious accident.

This sentence is correct

life, she

life; she

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2. The airport is about to shut down because of the snow and if the plane doesn't land soon it will have to go on to Boston.

This sentence is correct

snow, and

snow; and

snow. And

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3. The show begins at 7:30 make sure you're there before 7:15.

This sentence is correct

7:30, make

7:30. Make

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4. Marcellino always knew his way around the woods this is something he could always depend on.

This sentence is correct

woods; this

woods, this

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5. Having prepared himself well for the realtor exams and having exhausted everyone in the family with his requests that someone help him with the true-and-false drills, Jeffrey, who had never been a particularly good student in high school, knew he was ready to take on the greatest challenge of his life.

This sentence is correct

drills; Jeffrey

Jeffrey -- who had never been a particularly good student in high school -- knew

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Questions 5 through 10 are based on an exercise on Fused Sentences in The Little, Brown Handbook by H. Ramsay Fowler and Jane E. Aaron, & Kay Limburg. 5th ed. HarperCollins: New York. 1995 (289). By permission of Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.

6. Throughout history money and religion were closely linked there was little distinction between government and religion.

This sentence is correct

linked because there was

linked, there was

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7. The head of state and the religious leader were often the same person all power rested in one ruler.

This sentence is correct

person, all

person; all

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8. These powerful leaders decided what objects would serve as money their backing encouraged public faith in the money.

This sentence is correct

money. Their

money, their

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9. Coins were minted of precious metals the religious overtones of money were then strengthened.

This sentence is correct

metals, the

When coins were minted of precious metals, the . . . .

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10. People already believed the precious metals to be divine so their use in money intensified its allure.

This sentence is correct

divine, so

divine; so

divine their

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At the bignning I was a little confused with the semi colon, but after i looked a explanation, i understood.