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Exercise 3b: Advanced Commas & Semi-Colons

Some sentences below need commas and semi-colons. Below each sentence that needs correction, write the word that comes BEFORE the comma or semi-colon and then the comma or semi-colon. If the sentence is correct, leave the space blank. Then click "Submit Answers" to see how you did.

Example Sentence: Maria bought apples oranges and a large amount of ice cream to bribe the children.

Example Answer: apples,oranges,

  1. It's often difficult to assess the value of a college education.

  2. Some people use it to further themselves in their careers by gaining specialized knowledge in career-related fields such as accounting counseling or journalism.

  3. However other people use college courses to fulfill their own interests.

  4. Still others often older students choose to attend college because they feel that they missed something in the past perhaps they believe they missed the chance to learn something formally.

  5. Anyone who attends college for whatever reason often cannot assess the value of that education right away no matter what his or her reason for attending.

  6. A college education therefore is an interesting phenomenon people pursue it for different reasons and it often ends up changing those reasons as it changes the student's ways of thinking about him or herself and the world.

  7. The value of a college education an education that helps a student learn how to question and think often emerges in various and interesting ways much later than the time of the actual education itself.


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