What do you need to change to make this a correct sentence? Today I went to the store to get the following; Eggs, bread, and bacon.
This is incorrect you need a colon before a list of iems. Remember you need to use a colon before a list of itmes or places.
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What do you need to add to make this correct? The horse was a tough strong unit that pulled whatever we needed him to.
The horse was a tough, strong unit that pulled whatever we needed him to. A comma can seperate a pair of adjectives that describe the same noun.
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What do you need to change to make this correct? I had to wake up at 6 00 AM to get ready for school.
I had to wake up at 6:00 AM to get ready for school. You need to use colon's during time and also bible verses.
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What do you need to change to make the sentece correct? Today we had school; however it snowed so we couldn't get out the driveway.
A semi-colon is used to seperate two independent clauses. The correct form would be to use a comma after "however".
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What would you change to make this sentence correct? My mom said, (Make sure you text me when you get there!)
My mom said, “Make sure you text me when you get there!” Quotations are used to quote a group of words someone said.
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What would you do to make this sentence correct? Do you like banana bread.
Do you like banana bread? Question marks are required when asking a question.
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What do you need to change to make the sentence correct? I have a final tomorrow morning, I can’t go out tonight.
I have a final tomorrow morning; I can’t go out tonight. If you didn't have the semi-colon it would have been a coma splice
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What do we need to change to make the sentence correct? Carla is having, “a dance competition today.”
Carla is having a dance competition today. Quotation marks are only used when someone is speaking.
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Is this sentence correct if not what would you change? The University of Minnesota (U of M) is where my cousin is going to school.
Parenthesis surround a phrase of words that provide important information. The words inside of the parenthesis are NOT essential in the sentence.
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Is this sentece correct? My teacher said, ‘The final will be on-’ as he was interrupted by the loud principal.
No, you need to use quotations instead of apostrophes. Correct usage of the dash, since the teacher is being cut off.
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What do we need to make the sentence correct? Routh was talking about the assignment, he confused some students more - yet students still struggled on the quiz.
You must either do all dashes or all comas you cant use both in the same sentence
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What do you need to make the sentence correct? Today was so cold ‘-14’ that my hair froze on the way to school.
No, you need the parentheses to separate the extra information.
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Is the punctuation used correctly? I like bread; however, it makes me bloated.
Yes, the semicolon and coma around however makes it so the sentence can continue
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Is this sentence correct? Today we had an assembly for our field trip coming up it looks exciting.
No, you would need to place a comma after "coming up" because it joins two related topics together.
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Is this sentence used correctly? My class graduates in ‘23.
Is the punctuation used correctly? Yes, the apostrophe is used to omit extra numbers.
