Punctuation Game
So you think you know your punctuation? Now you can put it to the test. Eats, Shoots and Leaves, reviewed by Maeve in July, has a punctuation game online.

There are to questions on the placement of the apostrophe and comma, and at the end of the game you get a score showing how much of a stickler you are for correct punctuation use.
Review our tips on punctuation, then take the quiz. Good luck! Come back and share your score in the comments.
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12 Responses to “Punctuation Game”
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Jennifer
83% – 100% on the commas but a couple apostrophes tripped me up. This reminded me of an online quiz I saw recently about the 25 most commonly misspelled words: . It’s good to reminded that even though I think I’m better at this stuff than most people (or at least my students), there’s always room for improvement!
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Chris
83% for me.
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Mikael Høilund
92 percent for me, and I must say I disagree with the last one. I don’t believe there *has* to be a comma in “Of course there weren’t enough tickets for everybody.”
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Miss Godiva
I scored 83% and i agree with Mikael that the last question doesn’t necessarily require a comma. It could have two different meanings, with or without the comma. But a fun game nonetheless, although a little short. I love quizzes! 🙂
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Mikael Høilund
Jennifer: Your test has lots of syno- and homonyms that it only accepts one of. It told me I was wrong for spelling judgement as judgment. 🙁
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Sharon
Thanks for the link to the test, Jennifer. I think some of us might fall foul of different spelling conventions, as Mikael points out.
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nancy
enroll me. 4 regular writing tips……………
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Christina
92%. I argued against the comma in tall bearded man. The computer disagreed.
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bsravanin
I’m a 100% stickler! Yippee. But I agree that commas often give us dilemmas.
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Peter
Your test has lots of syno- and homonyms
Since we’re being sticklers: that should be “syn- and homonyms”, I suppose; the “o” is part of the Greek root “onyma/onoma” 🙂
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Mikael Høilund
Damn, owned :<
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Richard Best
I’m afraid “There are to questions” casts your website in a bad light. Proof reading is not optional, if you care about writing and the English language.
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