Question

Proofread for Commas, Semicolons, Quotation Marks, Hyphens, and Em Dashes.1. We counted seventy five ballots for one of the candidates. 2. Why aren't you going to vote? Vicki asked her friend. 3. Robbie had better arrive home soon; otherwise he will be grounded. 4. The cranky, whiny baby disturbed all around him at the restaurant but the mom couldn't take the baby out and leave her other kids behind. 5. That building people say is haunted is one of the oldest in town.

Answer 1

1. (dash between “seventy” and “five”) We counted seventy-five ballot votes for one of the candidates.

2. (quotation marks) “Why aren’t you going to vote?” Vicki asked her friend.

3. (comma after “soon”) Robbie had better arrive home soon, otherwise he will be grounded.

4. (comma after “restaurant”) The cranky, whiny baby disturbed all around him at the restaurant, but the mom couldn't take the baby out and leave her other kids behind.

5. (comma after “haunted”) That building people say is haunted, is one of the oldest in town.

Answer 2

The answer is, "Robbie had better arrive home soon; otherwise he will be grounded."