Inquizitive: Punctuating Quotations
Consider the following passage from an online article with no page numbers:"Famously, Twitter began as a one-to-many SMS broadcast service, so it imposed technical limits on how long a tweet could be. One of these limits was the 140-character length requirement. By keeping tweets under 140, Twitter could tack a 20-character username into a text and keep within the 160-character SMS text limit."—Robinson Meyer, "Twitter (Sort of, Sometimes) Expands the 140-Character Limit"Referring to the quotation above, click or tap on any sentence in the passage below that incorrectly punctuates or capitalizes quoted material. If the passage doesn't contain any errors, click the "No Errors" button. In "Twitter (Sort of, Sometimes) Expands the 140-Character Limit," Robinson Meyer explains why a tweet is limited to 140 characters. Meyer reports, "Twitter began as a one-to-many SMS broadcast service, so it imposed technical limits on how long a tweet could be." At the time, according to Meyer, there was a "160-character SMS text limit."
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Consider the following passage from an online article with no page numbers:"The moment we accept the idea that there is a magic income that maximizes happiness, we have to deal with the reality that there are plenty of people who seem to have very little money and lots of happiness."—Carl Richards, "The Odd Relationship Between Money and Happiness"Paying attention to punctuation and capitalization, edit the sentence below so that it correctly quotes from the article. If the sentence doesn't contain any errors, click the "No Errors" button. Carl Richards argues in "The Odd Relationship Between Money and Happiness" that if we accept that money is related to happiness, then we have to somehow make sense of the fact that the world containsPress Space to opencontains,"Plentyhappiness." "plentyPress Space to opencontains,"Plentyhappiness." of people who seem to have very little money and lots of happiness".
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Consider the following passage from an online article with no page numbers:"One of Facebook's main selling points is that it builds closer ties among friends and colleagues. But some who steer clear of the site say it can have the opposite effect of making them feel more, not less, alienated."—Jenna Wortham, "The Facebook Resisters"Paying attention to punctuation and capitalization, edit the sentence below so that it correctly quotes from the article. If the sentence doesn't contain any errors, click the "No Errors" button. Wortham observes that although Facebook is known for creatingPress Space to opencreating,"closer ties among friends and colleagues,"alienated." closer ties among friends and colleagues,Press Space to opencreating,"closer ties among friends and colleagues,"alienated." for many people "it can have the opposite effect of making them feel more, not less, alienated".
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Consider the following passage from an online article with no page numbers:"Strikingly, many high achievers told me music opened up the pathways to creative thinking."—Joanne Lipman, "Is Music the Key to Success?"Paying attention to punctuation and capitalization, edit the passage below so that it correctly quotes from the article. If the passage doesn't contain any errors, click the "No Errors" button. Lipman's research suggests there is a link between music training and success. In fact, many high achievers said thatPress Space to openthat,"musicthinking." "MusicPress Space to openthat,"musicthinking." opened up the pathways to creative thinking".
1. "music 2. thinking."
Consider the following passage from a book:"Researchers have found that people (and animals) presented with large portions will eat up to 30 percent more than they would otherwise. Human appetite, it turns out, is surprisingly elastic, which makes excellent evolutionary sense: It behooved our hunter-gatherer ancestors to feast whenever the opportunity presented itself, allowing them to build up reserves of fat against future famine."—Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, page 106Referring to the quotation above, click or tap on any sentence in the passage below that incorrectly punctuates or capitalizes quoted material. If the passage doesn't contain any errors, click the "No Errors" button. In The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan writes "Researchers have found that people (and animals) presented with large portions will eat up to 30 percent more than they would otherwise." This finding illustrates, as Pollan says, that our appetites are "surprisingly elastic," which makes sense given the way we have evolved. In the past, he says, it made sense for "our hunter-gatherer ancestors to feast whenever the opportunity presented itself, allowing them to build up reserves of fat against future famine." (106)
1. In The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan writes "Researchers have found that people (and animals) presented with large portions will eat up to 30 percent more than they would otherwise." 2. In the past, he says, it made sense for "our hunter-gatherer ancestors to feast whenever the opportunity presented itself, allowing them to build up reserves of fat against future famine." (106)
Consider the following passage from a book:"The debate is about what mistakes we fear most—the mistake of prolonging suffering or the mistake of shortening valued life."—Atul Gawande, Being Mortal, page 244Paying attention to punctuation and capitalization, edit the sentence below so that it correctly quotes from the book. If the sentence doesn't contain any errors, click the "No Errors" button. Gawande explains that the debate surrounding euthanasia,Press Space to openeuthanasia"Is aboutlife" (244). "is aboutPress Space to openeuthanasia"Is aboutlife" (244). what mistakes we fear most—the mistake of prolonging suffering or the mistake of shortening valued life." (244)
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Consider the following passage from an online article with no page numbers:"The sale of audiobooks has skyrocketed in recent years. In 2012, total industry sales in the book business fell just under 1 percent overall, but those of downloadable audiobooks rose by more than 20 percent. "—T. M. Luhrmann, "Audiobooks and the Return of Storytelling"Paying attention to punctuation and capitalization, edit the passage below so that it correctly quotes from the article. If the passage doesn't contain any errors, click the "No Errors" button. Luhrmann writes, "ThePress Space to open"theyears". sale of audiobooks has skyrocketed in recent years."Press Space to open"theyears". At the same time, total sales in the book industry have fallen slightly.
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Consider the following passage from an online article with no page numbers:"Know why you've never seen an ad for a running shoe that actually tells you what the shoe will do? Because there is no evidence that running shoes do anything to prevent injuries. None. In fact, research currently in progress indicates that runners in shoes experience far more impact than runners in bare feet."—Christopher McDougall, "The Barefoot Running Debate"Referring to the quotation above, click or tap on any sentence in the passage below that incorrectly punctuates or capitalizes quoted material. If the passage doesn't contain any errors, click the "No Errors" button. Click or tap on words, phrases, or items in the passage below to complete the question as instructed. More and more people try to run barefoot each year instead of buying expensive running shoes. People are realizing, as Christopher McDougall points out in "The Barefoot Running Debate," that "there is no evidence that running shoes do anything to prevent injuries". McDougall explains that the newest research suggests "that runners in shoes experience far more impact than runners in bare feet."
People are realizing, as Christopher McDougall points out in "The Barefoot Running Debate," that "there is no evidence that running shoes do anything to prevent injuries".
Consider the following passage from an online article with no page numbers: "Human activity has turned the living and fertile carbon system in our dirt into a toxic atmospheric gas."—Debbie Barker and Michael Pollan, "A secret weapon to fight climate change: dirt" Paying attention to punctuation and capitalization, drag each of the following sentences into the appropriate box based on whether or not it correctly quotes from the article.
Quotes correctly According to Barker and Pollan, we have changed "the living and fertile carbon system in our dirt into a toxic atmospheric gas." Quotes incorrectly According to Barker and Pollan, "Human activity has turned the living and fertile carbon system in our dirt into a toxic atmospheric gas". According to Barker and Pollan, "human activity has turned the living and fertile carbon system in our dirt into a toxic atmospheric gas."
Consider the following passage from an online article with no page numbers: "Among that group of 138 of the nation's wealthiest colleges and universities, four in five charge poor students so much that they'd need to surrender 60 percent or more of their household incomes just to attend, even after financial aid is considered."—Mikhail Zinshteyn, "Rich, Stingy Colleges" Paying attention to punctuation and capitalization, drag each of the following sentences into the appropriate box based on whether or not it correctly quotes from the article.
Quotes correctly Of the 138 richest colleges and universities in the United States, Zinshteyn explains that "four in five charge poor students so much that they'd need to surrender 60 percent or more of their household incomes just to attend, even after financial aid is considered." Quotes incorrectly According to Zinshteyn, "among that group of 138 of the nation's wealthiest colleges and universities, four in five charge poor students so much that they'd need to surrender 60 percent or more of their household incomes just to attend, even after financial aid is considered." Most wealthy schools "charge poor students so much that they'd need to surrender 60 percent or more of their household incomes just to attend," insists Zinshteyn, even after financial aid is considered.