Punctuation

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Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the comma, Between items in a series:
1. ? In the last, 3 years I have traveled to, Canada Japan Brasil London France and, Italy.
2. ? In the last 3 years, I have traveled to, Canada, Japan, Brasil, London, France and Italy.
3. :-) In the last 3 years I have traveled to Canada, Japan, Brasil, London, France and Italy.
2.

Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the comma, Between items in a series:
1. :-) Mariana ate this morning, toast bread with butter, eggs, cereal, orange juice and coffe.
2. ? Mariana, ate this morning toast bread with butter, eggs, cereal, orange juice and coffe.
3. ? Mariana ate this morning, toast bread with butter eggs cereal orange juice and coffe.
3.

Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the comma, Between two or more adjectives preceding a noun:
1. ? The burnet tall man, told me that the store was closed.
2. :-) The burnet, tall man told me that the store was closed.
3. ? The burnet tall man told me, that the store was closed.
4.

Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the comma, Between the clauses of a compound sentence:
1. ? The cat chased, the mouse and the mouse ran away.
2. ? The cat, chased the mouse, and the mouse ran away.
3. :-) The cat chased the mouse, and the mouse ran away.
5.

Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the comma, Between the clauses of a compound sentence:
1. :-) He never arrived, so I went by myself to the party.
2. ? He never arrived so, I went by myself to the party.
3. ? He never arrived, so I went by myself, to the party
6.

Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the semicolon:
1. ? My husband; went to the beach I went to a party.
2. :-) My husband went to the beach; I went to a party.
3. ? My husband went to the beach I; went to a party.
7.

Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the semicolon:
1. ? In the trailer; we packed our sleeping bags which were very heavy.
2. ? In the trailer we packed; our sleeping bags which were very heavy.
3. :-) In the trailer we packed our sleeping bags; which were very heavy.
8.

Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the semicolon:
1. ? As; I was studying the postman rang twice.
2. :-) As I was studying; the postman rang twice.
3. ? As I was studying the postman; rang twice.
9.

Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the semicolon:
1. ? Summer in the desert is very hot the cactus plant; is well adapted for survival there.
2. ? Summer; in the desert is very hot the cactus plant is well adapted for survival there.
3. :-) Summer in the desert is very hot; the cactus plant is well adapted for survival there.
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Choose from the list above the correct alternative for the use of the semicolon:
1. ? I have often tried to grow; African violets I have never been successful.
2. :-) I have often tried to grow African violets; I have never been successful.
3. ? I have often; tried to grow African violets I have never been successful.

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Which of the following senteces represent the correct use of The Colon (:) to announce a list?
1. ? The things that I need to bring are:
food, potatoes, drinks and napkins.
2. ? These are the things that I need to bring: food, potatoes, drinks and napkins.
3. :-) Congratulations! Well Done! I need to bring for the trip the following things: food, potatoes, drinks and napkins.
2.

Which of the following senteces represent the correct use of The Colon (:) to announces an explanation?
1. :-) Congratulations! Well Done! The music was perfect: it was soft, chilli and relaxing.
2. ? The music was perfect: Because it was soft, chilli and relaxing.
3. ? Everything was: soft, chilli and relaxing.
3.

Which of the following senteces represent the correct use of The Colon (:) to announces a list?
1. ? On weekends, these are the things I prefer to do: Reeding, Writing, Sleeping
2. :-) Congratulations! Well Done! These are the things I prefer to do on weekends: Reading, Writing and Sleeping
3. ? What I prefer to do on weekends is: Reading, Writing and Sleeping
4.

Which of the following senteces represent the correct use of The Colon (:) to announces a quotation?
1. ? So, what I recall is that Mark Said: "I' ve been here for a long time"
2. ? What I recall that Mark said: is that he had been there for a long time
3. :-) Congratulations! Well Done! So, what I recall is something that Mark Said long time ago: " I' ve been here for a while.
5.

Which of the following senteces represent the correct use of The Colon (:) to announces an explanation?
1. :-) Congratulations! Well Done! When we arrived there everything was quiet: There wasn't any disturbing sound or the chaos of the city. It was Perfect!
2. ? You can't imagine how perfect to be there it was: There wasn't any disturbing sound or the chaos of the city.
3. ? Everything was perfect quiet there when we arrived: There wasn't any disturbing sound or the chaos of the city. It was Perfect!
6.

Which of the following senteces represent the correct use of The Dash (-) to interrupt or show a sudden break in Throught in the sentence?
1. ? Hey- my friend--come here
2. :-) Congratulations! Well Done! My friend, come here--Hey Tom!, try to arrive earlier.
3. ? Hey Tom--try to arrive earlier
7.

Which of the following senteces represent the correct use of The Dash (-) to interrupt or show a sudden break in Throught in the sentence?
1. :-) Congratulations! Well Done! As I was telling you, my mom is very nice--Look! there she is.
2. ? As I was telling you--my mom is very nice.
3. ? My mom is very nice--As I was telling you.
8.

Which of the following senteces represent the correct use of The Dash (-) to set off a parenthetical element?
1. ? It is clear what I want in life--to live in peace.
2. :-) Congratulations! Well Done! Students with a 90 points quotient-- no less than that--will be awarded.
3. ? Only the students--with 90 point quotient--will be awarded
9.

Which of the following senteces represent the correct use of The Dash (-) to emphasizes an appositive?
1. ? What I want in life is--to live in peace
2. :-) Congratulations! Well Done! It is clear what I want in life--to live in peace.
3. ? What I want for life to live in peace--is to die.
10.

Which of the following senteces represent the correct use of The Dash (-) to emphasizes an appositive?
1. :-) Congratulations! Well Done! She only likes one thing--to drink beer.
2. ? The only thing she likes is to drink-- beer.
3. ? the only thing she likes to drink--is beer.

Education as a tool to prevent internet plagiarism.

The last decade has been of evolution. Each day the society is improving thanks to technological advances, but do those advances work for learning? Everyday technology makes life easier. Nowadays there is an invention for almost all people’s needs and professors cannot avoid the opportunity of using the new technological advances on their classes. On the Internet, for example, there are many utilities that can make the learning process funnier and more entertaining. Also, there it can be found a great variety of information which students can use for their researches. But what happens when students use this information improperly? A very important issue is that high school students can take advantage of internet to avoid their assignments by plagiarizing the information that they find on the internet, which restricts their learning process and will probably affect their professional ethics. So professors need to educate their students about plagiarism and ways to write a proper work.
What does plagiarism mean? This word refers to “the presentation or submission of the work of another, without citation or credits, as your own work” (University of Northern British Columbia, 1997). Plagiarism in high school can bring negative consequences. Student can fail the subject, but the moral consequences are even harder. Those students who plagiarize, can be rejected by their own classmates or colleagues since they might be afraid of being accused of plagiarism too. If there are negative consequences, why do students plagiarize? Many researches have been done about this question, one was made by Joan Gajadhard in 2005 with a population of 25000 students from 29 high schools around the United States. The results were that 70 percent of the students gave the answer “laziness or avoiding work”, 20 percent answered “the desire for a higher mark or quality of work” and 10 percent answered “I am not aware of the consequences of plagiarism” But, do students know that copying and paste from the internet is plagiarism? According to Wood (2004), students do not consider cut and paste from the Internet as a kind of plagiarism. Certainly, this is a big problem for professors, if their students are not producing their own works they will not learn anything. So what can they do? Educate them.
As it was said by Wood (2004), students do not think than copying a paper from the internet is plagiarism, so the first thing that high school professors must do, in order to avoid plagiarism, is educate their students about that topic. The professor must give them a speech or can look for a specialist in plagiarism that can explain to the students what that word mean, the consequences of plagiarism, when a student is plagiarizing and everything related to the topic. About this issue Harris (2004) says that students must be clear in the fact that “When you use someone else's words, you must put quotation marks around them and give the writer or speaker credit by revealing the source in a citation. Even if you revise or paraphrase the words of someone else or just use their ideas, you still must give the author credit in a note”. It is very important for professors to be aware of the proper use of citations and explain to the students how they can use internet sources.
As soon as the students know the meaning of plagiarism, the professor can work on the classroom with the group. Now the professor has the responsibility of giving to the students, handouts, guidelines and any useful material about writing in an appropriate way. Nobody was born with all the knowledge and people learn when they have the necessary information, so the professor must provide all the material that he can and teach the students how they can take advantage of that information. In that way, the students will be able to understand how to write having as a base their own ideas and internet sources as a support to those ideas.
Finally, the productive work comes. Now that students are able to understand any theoretical topic about plagiarism they can start writing. And, what better place to start than the classroom? It is a good idea if students start writing at the classroom, where they have the professor to help them and to clear any doubt about proper use of internet sources. Also, it is a way for the professor to be sure than that work was written by that student and it is not a plagiarized work. Furthermore, writing at the classroom can be a way to motivate students to produce a paper by themselves, no matter it is not perfect; it was made with the effort of that student which can be increase the appreciation for writing in a proper way.
As has been said, plagiarism is a big problem for today’s teachers but there are ways to prevent and eliminate it. It is in the hands of the professors to apply the strategies against plagiarism at the classroom If they do, students will try to learn, the proud feeling of writing something by themselves will be their stimulus.