Review: Identifying Punctuation Errors, Answer 3.1

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Question:

They read they studied and they reviewed, yet they could not define the term ’onomatopoeia’ on the English exam.

Answer:

The answer correct is not correct.

Explanation:

You should punctuate the sentence as follows:

Answer:

They read, they studied, and they reviewed, yet they could not define the term "onomatopoeia" on the English exam.

The comma after read is needed to separate the items in the list. The comma after studied is optional. In North American usage, double quotation marks are called for around onomatopoeia, while in British usage the single quotation marks are correct.