Comma Quiz Answers

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1. Mercer, who was in charge of the supply room, made sure that no one got supplies without permission. (interrupter)

2. People who needed supplies had to follow Mercer's way of doing things.

3. They had to fill out a request form, and Mercer double-checked every line. (compound sentence)

4. They had to come to the supply room and give the request form to Mercer.

5. Mercer could account for every pencil, paper clip, and notebook in the supply room. (series)

6. When people came to the supply room without a request form, Mercer turned them away. (introductory expression)

7. He didn't want to be mean, but he wasn't going to let them take advantage of him. (compound sentence)

8. Mercer wouldn't give a number 2 pencil to the president of the company unless he had a request form.

9. Some people felt that Mercer was a little too rigid, but he felt he was just doing his job. (compound Sentence)

10. When Mercer took over the supply room job on April 29, 1999, he made a list of everything in the supply room. (introductory expression and date)

11. Mercer, as you know, is not well liked in the company. (interrupter)

12. From the beginning everyone thought that Mercer was a pain in the neck.