Replace the comma between limited and specifically with a semicolon. Replace the comma after century with a semicolon. ANS: b REF: The correct answer is b. In The Norton Guide to Writing, see P-2a. In The Little Seagull Handbook, see P-2a. <http://wwnorton.com/college/english/write/LSH/full/p-2a.html> 2. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) and James Watt (1736-1819) developed the steam engine. Many years later, George Stephenson (1781-1848) used a steam engine in a vehicle that rode on iron rails. Leave as is. Replace the comma after later with a semicolon. Put a semicolon vehicle. ANS: a REF: The correct answer is a. In The Norton Field Guide to Writing, see P-2a. In The Little Seagull Handbook, see P-2a. <http://wwnorton.com/college/english/write/LSH/full/p-2a.html>
3. Industrialization thrived in England, where factories replaced home manufacturing, industrialization came into its own, though, in the United States. Leave as is. Replace the comma between England and where with a semicolon. Replace the comma between manufacturing and industrialization with a semicolon. ANS: c REF: The correct answer is c. In The Norton Field Guide to Writing, see P-2a. In The Little Seagull Handbook, see P-2a. <http://wwnorton.com/college/english/write/LSH/full/p-2a.html> 4. One key inventor in the United States was Robert Fulton; who brought affordable steamboat travel to New York another was Cyrus Hall McCormick, who invented the indispensable reaper. Leave as is. Replace the semicolon between Fulton and who with a comma. Replace the semicolon between state and another with a comma. ANS: b REF: The correct answer is b.
6. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, perhaps the greatest invention of all time, following up on Bell’s invention, Theodore Newton Vail envisioned all parts of the country being linked by one telephone system. Leave as is. Replace the comma between telephone and perhaps with a semicolon. Replace the comma after time with a semicolon. ANS: c REF: The correct answer is c. In The Norton Field Guide to Writing, see P-2a. In The Little Seagull Handbook, see P-2a. 7. In 1878, Thomas Alva Edison invented the carbon microphone, it was used in every telephone until the 1980s. Leave as is. Replace the comma after 1878 with a semicolon. Replace the comma after microphone with a semicolon. ANS: c REF: The correct answer is c.
In The Norton Field Guide to Writing, see P-2a. In The Little Seagull Handbook, see P-2a. <http://wwnorton.com/college/english/write/LSH/full/p-2a.html> 8. Kingpins in retail operations included John Wanamaker and Frank Winfield Woolworth, their successful counterparts in mail-order retail were Aaron Montgomery Ward, Richard Sears, and Alvah Curtis Roebuck. as is. Replace the comma after Woolworth with a semicolon. Replace the comma between Ward and Richard with a semicolon. ANS: b REF: The correct answer is b. In The Norton Field Guide to Writing, see P-2a. In The Little Seagull Handbook, see P-2a. <http://wwnorton.com/college/english/write/LSH/full/p-2a.html> 9. Three men were major players in the early packaged goods industry: W. K. Kellogg and C. W. Post produced cereal, and King Camp Gillette packaged safety razor blades. Leave as is.