Read the excerpt from a formal letter. the woods behind the high school have become littered with trash. the students at the school are partly responsible for the problem. we are often careless with our trash when we are in the schoolyard. since we make the mess, we should organize a clean-up day. which sentence from the paragraph best identifies the letter’s purpose? the woods behind the high school have become littered with trash. as students at the school, we are partly responsible for the problem. we are often careless with our trash when we are in the schoolyard. since we make the mess, we should organize a clean-up day.

Using apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, brackets, and parentheses correctly correct each error in the use of apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, brackets, and parentheses in the following sentences. you may need to add, delete, or change marks of punctuation. doesnt this turkey look oh, no, the cat must have gotten up on the counter!

In the following sentences, commas are needed after which words? when the clark family planned their summer vacation to hell’s canyon they didn’t plan on having quite so many adventures. from the start they had to deal with a broken-down van a sick baby and torrential rains.

Read the summary of the first three paragraphs of “the world on turtle’s back.”[1] in the beginning, there was no land, only the great ocean. [2] the sky-world, the home of the gods, was above the ocean. [3] a sacred tree stood at the center. [4] one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife. [5] this created a hole in the floor of the sky-world. [6] the man's wife fell through the hole toward the ocean below, clutching the roots in her hand.which is the best way to combine sentences 4 and 5? a) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife, which created a hole in the floor of the sky-world.b) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife, he created a hole in the floor of the sky-world.c) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife which created a hole in the floor of the sky-world.d) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife he created a hole in the floor of the sky-world.