Exercise 2
Are the essential and nonessential elements in the following sentences punctuated correctly?
1. The woman who did not attend the meeting said that she had to study for her chemistry exam.
2. West Point cadets, who break the honor code, are expelled.
3. She was as a matter of fact chiefly interested in becoming a Hollywood celebrity.
4. The German writer, Hermann Hesse, is a favorite with American college students.
5. The book, that your sister gave you for your birthday, won a National Book Award.
6. Raul's wife, Conchita, is president of the local Red Cross.
7. St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, wrote his handbook of spiritual exercises in the sixteenth century.
8. He did not however intend to return the money he borrowed.
9. Saul having forgotten to save his work lost all of his revisions when his computer crashed.
10. The courthouse, which was renovated recently, was built in 1878.