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UWC JeopardyGrammar and Punctuation Bank

The court rules for 100 Two complete sentences (punctuated as one) with no punctuation between them. 

The court rules for 200 Two or more complete sentences not started with “and, or, for, but, yet, so” and joined with a comma. 

The court rules for 300 One subject, one verb (predicate), and it stands alone.  Double Jeopardy!

The court rules for 400 “Between you and I” 

The court rules for 500 One independent clause + one dependent clause. 

Name that blooper! for 100 Marie Antoinette said, “Let them eat cake”! 

Name that blooper! for 200 Warm and plump, Mary Beth inhaled the long-awaited hot dog. 

Name that blooper! for 300 My parents bought a house from a man with no inside plumbing. 

Name that blooper! for 400 Either are correct. 

Name that blooper! for 500 The perfect Martini uses equal parts dry and sweet Vermouth, having no more than one ounce of water or ice, and is always made with gin instead of vodka. 

Pause that refreshes for 100 The punctuation mark used to separate items in a series. 

Pause that refreshes for 200 The punctuation mark that separates two complete sentences and that is not a period, dash, or colon. 

Pause that refreshes for 300 It can be used to introduce a long list. 

Pause that refreshes for 400 One of three ways to fix a run-on sentence. 

Pause that refreshes for 500 A punctuation mark that is often substituted for the colon or comma and is considered less formal. 

The pen is mightier for 100 Sometimes you have to make exceptions. No kidding. 

The pen is mightier for 200 The policemen, firemen, and mailmen had gathered to honor fallen heroes. 

The pen is mightier for 300 Who did you call last night? 

The pen is mightier for 400 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. 

The pen is mightier for 500 To boldly go where no one has gone before. Double Jeopardy! 

Potpourri for 100 Michael Crichton combines scientifical information with enthralling literature in his books. 

Potpourri for 200 Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex Double Jeopardy! 

Potpourri for 300 In spite of its name, it won’t catch spelling errors like “there” for “their.” 

Potpourri for 400 Is Bob dead, did something break? 

Potpourri for 500 If we cooperate together, we can fulfill the necessary requirements. Double Jeopardy! 

The court rules Name that blooper! Exclamation point goes inside quote (part of quoted material) Dangling modifier Misplaced modifier Subject-verb disagreement List not in parallel structure • Run on • Comma splice • Sentence • Incorrect case (objective after preposition) • Complex sentence  The pause that refreshes The pen is mightier than the rule Comma Semi-colon (;) Colon (:) Period, semi-colon, comma with coordinating conjunction Dash Rhetorically effective fragment Discriminatory language Acceptable use of who; less formal than whom Parallel structure Acceptable split infinitive Potpourri A word that is not a word Types of sentences Spell-check Comma splice Wordy sentence

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