Question

In each of the following sentences, insert correct capitalization and marks of punctuation whenever they are needed.

Are these sentences correct.

1. On a recent blustery February afternoon, students were tearing down a sagging porch.
2. They are part of a program, trying to restore the Miller building in Bloomfield Missouri.
3. These students from Southeast Missouri State University Historical Preservation Program, are part of a growing trend of college students volunteering in their communities.
4. These students are not, receiving any credits from the University for restoring this 170-year old house, but they are volunteering their time anyway.
5. A recent graduate has coined the phrase house hugger syndrome, for what they do.
6. Dr. Frank Nickell a professor, of history at the University is often on site watching the students’ progress.
7. The house, the oldest in Stoddard County is in bad condition.
8. Troops fighting, in the battle of Bloomfield during the Civil War stood, in the houses front yard.
9. The house is empty now, no one has been known to live there since the 1980's.
10. The group hopes to have the house placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Answer 1

1 - correct
2 - incorrect
3 - correct
4 - incorrect
5 - needs quotation marks
6 - incorrect
7 - incorrect
8 - commas are incorrectly placed and houses is plural. It should be possessive.
9 - Can be two sentences, or needs a semi-colon.
10- correct

Answer 2

1. O.K.
2. Building
4. university
5. House-hugger Syndrome
6. One of these words shouldn't be capitalized.
7. O.k.
8. Another words should be capitalized.
9. o.k.
10. o.k.