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DEWI ILSIANA PUTRI

Practice
O: 1. Smoking is relaxing and, therefore, enjoyable.

O: 2. Dr. Kathleen Parker, a well-known cancer specialist, recently admitted in an


interview, “Although I see the harmful effects of smoking nearly every day in my
work, I still enjoy relaxing with a cigarette after dinner.”

O: 3. Early in the next decade, more women than men will die of lung cancer,
according to the American Cancer Society.

O: 4. Smoking is attracting more and more adults.

F: 5. According to a recent New York Times article, cigarette smoking is


increasing among adults in their forties as well as among the college educated and
those earning more than $35,000 annually.

O: 6. Red light runners must take a driver’s education class. Then they will
become safer drivers.

O: 7. Red-light runners cause scores of accidents, including deaths and injuries as


well as millions of dollars in damages.

O: 8. Red-light runners should have their driver’s licenses suspended for a period
of time.

F: 9. Nationwide, the number of red-light running accidents increased 18 percent


from 1991 through 1995. In 1991, 2,428 deaths resulted and in 1995, the number
rose to 2,856.
Solved
Add punctuation to the following direct quotations. Change the capitalization if
necessary.

1. Dr. Yixian Ma, a well-known astrophysicist who has been studying black holes,
said it is one of the most interesting phenomena we astrophysicist have ever
studied.

Answer: Dr. Yixian Ma, a well-known astrophysicist who has been studying black
holes said, “It is one of the most interesting phenomena we astrophysicist have
ever studied.”

2. As she explained in black holes the laws of nature do not seem to apply.

Answer: As she explained, “In black holes the laws of nature do not seem to
apply.”

3. A black hole is a tiny point with the mass 25 times the mass of our sun explained
MS’s associate, Chun-Yi Su. Black holes are created by the death of a very large
star she stated.

Answer: “A black hole is a tiny point with the mass 25 times the mass of our
sun,” explained MS’s associate, Chun-Yi Su, “black holes are created by the death
of a very large star she stated.”

4. It is an invisible vacuum cleaner in space she added with tremendous


gravitational pull.

Answer: “It is an invisible vacuum cleaner in space,” she added with tremendous
gravitational pull.
5. According to Dr. Su, if a person falls into a black hole, he will eventually be
crushed due to the tremendous gravitational forces.

Answer: According to Dr. Su,” If a person falls into a black hole, he will
eventually be crushed due to the tremendous gravitational forces.”

6. Time will slow down for him as he approaches the event horizon she said and
when he reaches the event horizon, time will stand still for him.

Answer: “Time will slow down for him as he approaches the event horizon,” she
said,” and when he reaches the event horizon, time will stand still for him.”

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