Rewrite the following sentences, focusing on the grammar area specified in the left column. If the sentence is already correct, write No Change.

Punctuation within Sentences—Colon:
Q: The book had some nice features, such as: a hard-bound cover, a ribbon for a bookmark, and the author’s signature.
A: The book had some nice features, such as a hardbound cover, a ribbon for a bookmark, and the author’s signature.

Q: German grammar is simple: in that language, there are no exceptions to the rules.
A: No change

Q: Her daughter went on a diet that consisted of all fast food: hamburgers, hot dogs, and french fries.
A: No change

Q: The little boy handed Santa a list that said he wanted: a truck, a train, and a million dollars.
A: The little boy handed Santa a list that said he wanted a truck, a train, and a million dollars.

Punctuation within Sentences—Dash:
Q: Her mind flew so quickly—she had so much to remember—that she forgot to stop at the light.
A: Her mind flew so quickly; she had so much to remember that she forgot to stop at the light.

Q: The gardener—took the and the shovel—and began to plant the flowers.
A: The gardener took the and the shovel then began to plant the flowers.

Punctuation within Sentences—Hyphen:
Q: You will need to write both short- and long-term goals.
A: You will need to write both short and long-term goals.

Q: The president-elect of the Rotary Club had the winning lottery ticket.
A: No change

Q: Please buy three half gallon containers of ice cream for the party.
A: Please buy three half-gallon containers of ice cream for the party.

Q: The ill defined terms somehow were not clear to her.
A: The ill-defined terms somehow were not clear to her.

Punctuation within Sentences—Parentheses:
Q: The police officer checked her rear-view mirror when she heard the screeching tires. (Someone had rear-ended her the night before).
A: No change

Q: You should be able to complete your program in two (2) years.
A: No change

Q: The textbook had recently been revised. (The last revision took place in 1992.)
A: The textbook had recently been revised (The last revision took place in 1992).

Punctuation within Sentences—Square Brackets:
Q: The politician argued [in quite a pompous way that the] state government had never been in better hands.
A: No change

Q: The sixth-grader had written in his essay that “his school experience had been deploreable [deplorable].”
A: The sixth-grader had written in his essay that “his school experience had been deplorable [deplore able].”

Punctuation within Sentences—Colon:

Q: The book had some nice features, such as: a hard-bound cover, a ribbon for a bookmark, and the author’s signature.
A: The book had some nice features, such as a hardbound cover, a ribbon for a bookmark, and the author’s signature.
correct

Q: German grammar is simple: in that language, there are no exceptions to the rules.
A: No change
Since the words following the colon make up a complete sentence, the I on "in" needs to be capitalized.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/colon.htm

Q: Her daughter went on a diet that consisted of all fast food: hamburgers, hot dogs, and french fries.
A: No change
correct

Q: The little boy handed Santa a list that said he wanted: a truck, a train, and a million dollars.
A: The little boy handed Santa a list that said he wanted a truck, a train, and a million dollars.
correct

Punctuation within Sentences—Dash:
Q: Her mind flew so quickly—she had so much to remember—that she forgot to stop at the light.
A: Her mind flew so quickly; she had so much to remember that she forgot to stop at the light.
The original sentence is fine, and so is your rewritten sentence.

Q: The gardener—took the and the shovel—and began to plant the flowers.
A: The gardener took the and the shovel then began to plant the flowers.
almost correct; you need a comma after "shovel."

Punctuation within Sentences—Hyphen:
Q: You will need to write both short- and long-term goals.
A: You will need to write both short and long-term goals.
No, the original is correct as long as there's a space after that first hyphen.

Q: The president-elect of the Rotary Club had the winning lottery ticket.
A: No change
correct

Q: Please buy three half gallon containers of ice cream for the party.
A: Please buy three half-gallon containers of ice cream for the party.
correct

Q: The ill defined terms somehow were not clear to her.
A: The ill-defined terms somehow were not clear to her.
correct

Punctuation within Sentences—Parentheses:
Q: The police officer checked her rear-view mirror when she heard the screeching tires. (Someone had rear-ended her the night before).
A: No change
almost correct; the period at the end belongs INSIDE the parentheses since there's a complete sentence within the parentheses.

Q: You should be able to complete your program in two (2) years.
A: No change
correct

Q: The textbook had recently been revised. (The last revision took place in 1992.)
A: The textbook had recently been revised (The last revision took place in 1992).
incorrect; see comments above

Punctuation within Sentences—Square Brackets:
Q: The politician argued [in quite a pompous way that the] state government had never been in better hands.
A: No change
incorrect; the closing square bracket needs to be after "way" for the sentence to make sense.

Q: The sixth-grader had written in his essay that “his school experience had been deploreable [deplorable].”
A: The sixth-grader had written in his essay that “his school experience had been deplorable [deplore able].”
incorrect; keep the original misspelling, but put sic in brackets immediately after that misspelling. Make sure sic is in italics within the brackets.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/bracket.htm

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Punctuation within Sentences—Colon:

Q: The book had some nice features, such as: a hard-bound cover, a ribbon for a bookmark, and the author’s signature.
A: The book had some nice features, such as a hardbound cover, a ribbon for a bookmark, and the author’s signature.

To rewrite the sentence correctly, remove the colon after "such as." The items listed after "such as" do not need to be preceded by a colon.

Q: German grammar is simple: in that language, there are no exceptions to the rules.
A: No change

No change is needed in this sentence. The colon is used correctly to introduce the explanation that follows.

Q: Her daughter went on a diet that consisted of all fast food: hamburgers, hot dogs, and french fries.
A: No change

No change is needed in this sentence. The colon is used correctly to introduce the list of food items.

Q: The little boy handed Santa a list that said he wanted: a truck, a train, and a million dollars.
A: The little boy handed Santa a list that said he wanted a truck, a train, and a million dollars.

To rewrite the sentence correctly, remove the colon after "wanted." The items listed after "wanted" do not need to be preceded by a colon.

Punctuation within Sentences—Dash:
Q: Her mind flew so quickly—she had so much to remember—that she forgot to stop at the light.
A: Her mind flew so quickly; she had so much to remember that she forgot to stop at the light.

To rewrite the sentence correctly, replace the dash with a semicolon. The phrase following the dash does not provide a complete thought and should be connected to the previous clause with a semicolon.

Q: The gardener—took the and the shovel—and began to plant the flowers.
A: The gardener took the and the shovel then began to plant the flowers.

To rewrite the sentence correctly, remove the dash and replace it with the word "then." The dash is unnecessary and can be replaced with a conjunction like "then" to indicate the sequence of actions.

Punctuation within Sentences—Hyphen:
Q: You will need to write both short- and long-term goals.
A: You will need to write both short and long-term goals.

To rewrite the sentence correctly, remove the hyphen between "short" and "and." The words "short" and "term" do not need to be joined with a hyphen.

Q: The president-elect of the Rotary Club had the winning lottery ticket.
A: No change

No change is needed in this sentence. The hyphen is used correctly to join the words "president" and "elect" to form a compound adjective modifying "Rotary Club."

Q: Please buy three half gallon containers of ice cream for the party.
A: Please buy three half-gallon containers of ice cream for the party.

To rewrite the sentence correctly, add a hyphen between "half" and "gallon." The words "half" and "gallon" should be joined with a hyphen to form a compound adjective modifying "containers."

Q: The ill defined terms somehow were not clear to her.
A: The ill-defined terms somehow were not clear to her.

To rewrite the sentence correctly, add a hyphen between "ill" and "defined." The words "ill" and "defined" should be joined with a hyphen to form a compound adjective modifying "terms."

Punctuation within Sentences—Parentheses:
Q: The police officer checked her rear-view mirror when she heard the screeching tires. (Someone had rear-ended her the night before).
A: No change

No change is needed in this sentence. The parentheses are used correctly to include additional information within the sentence.

Q: You should be able to complete your program in two (2) years.
A: No change

No change is needed in this sentence. The parentheses are used correctly to indicate an alternative way of representing the number "2."

Q: The textbook had recently been revised. (The last revision took place in 1992.)
A: The textbook had recently been revised (The last revision took place in 1992).

To rewrite the sentence correctly, remove the period inside the parentheses and place it outside the closing parenthesis. When including a complete sentence within parentheses, the end punctuation (in this case, the period) only goes inside the closing parenthesis if it belongs to the sentence as a whole, not just the portion within parentheses.

Punctuation within Sentences—Square Brackets:
Q: The politician argued [in quite a pompous way that the] state government had never been in better hands.
A: No change

No change is needed in this sentence. The square brackets are used correctly to include additional information within the sentence.

Q: The sixth-grader had written in his essay that “his school experience had been deploreable [deplorable].”
A: The sixth-grader had written in his essay that “his school experience had been deplorable [deplore able].”

To rewrite the sentence correctly, remove the space between "deplore" and "able" inside the brackets. The hyphen should be used to join the two parts of the word to show that it has been split between lines.