Question

Which sentence is punctuated incorrectly?

A. He explained the principle of internal-combustion (although not very well.)***

B. John Lennon (1940-1980) was a founding member of The Beatles.

C. The Latin expression "per se" ("in itself") has found wide use in legal circles.

D. Fredrick (not known as "Tex") was becoming a well-known animator.

Which sentence is punctuated incorrectly?

A:Kenneth Grahame's novel "The Wind in the Willows" was first published in 1908.
B:Kenneth Grahame's novel The Winds in the Willows<-(this is underlined) was first published in 1908.
C:Kenneth Grahame's novel The Winds in the Willows<-(this is italicized) was first published in 1908.
D:The Winds in the Willows<-(this is italicized), Kenneth Grahame's novel, was first published in 1908.

Just checking the first one. For the second, I saw that the incorrectly punctuated sentence is A. Why is this the case over B? (I know it's not C or D)

Answer 1

For your second question, remember that titles of books, movies, plays, artwork, magazines, etc., need to be either underlined or in italics. A is the incorrectly punctuated sentence because of the quotation marks -- those are for items that can be published within something else: poems, song lyrics, magazine articles ...
http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/italics.htm
http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/marks/quotation.htm

And I agree with you that A is the incorrectly punctuated sentence for the first question. There doesn't need to be a hyphen between "internal" and "combustion" since the first is an adjective modifying the noun.
http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/marks/hyphen.htm

Answer 2

Ok I understand, thank you so much Writeacher

Answer 3

You're welcome.

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