Practice 8: Punctuation Marks
Using Quotation Marks
"Ferrari's new engine might make them keep the third place in the championship, giving them more power than McLaren" says SoyMotor in their article "Constructor's Championship: will Ferrari's new engine be decisive?".
According to BBC, "President Vladimir Putin said such claims were 'complete rubbish... and politically motivated tittle-tattle'. The European Commission has been outlining measures member states can take to combat rising prices." in their article "Russia denies weaponising energy amid Europe gas crisis".
F1 publishes "Leclerc says no regrets after late stop rules out Ferrari podium": "the driver added 'It’s a bit of a shame because that made us lose the podium, but I don’t regret anything.' It was the fifth time this season that Leclerc has finished just one place off the podium."
"Tens of thousands of wooden stakes poking up from British Columbia's shoreline have smashed a long-held stereotype of Canada's First Nation people." explains BBC in their article "An underwater mystery on Canada's coast".
NME interviews Måneskin in their article "Måneskin release their blistering new single ‘MAMMAMIA’ and talk Eurovision, success and more new music", where "The 2021 Eurovision winners say their success should 'give hope to people in bands who want to do it but get told it isn’t possible'".
Editing Practice
People are more likely to live long enough to get old in wealthy countries than in poor countries. In rich countries, people have nutritious food, modern medical care, good sanitation, and clean drinking water, but poor countries lack these things. As a result, the mortality rate, especially infant mortality, is very high. Citizens of Ethiopia and Yemen, which are two of the world’s poorest countries, have an average life expectancy of 35–39 years. Citizens of Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Iceland, and Sweden, in contrast, have an average life span of more than 80 years. Japan has the highest; Yemen has the lowest. One exception is Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s wealthiest nations. Having an average life expectancy of 45–49 years, Saudi Arabians live about as long as Bangladeshis and Cambodians. Surprisingly, the United States is not among the highest rated nations, having an average life expectancy of only 77 years.
Compared to other mammals, humans have a relatively long life span. The average life span of elephants is 70 years; of dogs, 18 years; of cats, 14 years; and of horses, 20 years. The life spans of other species are as follows: eagles, parrots, and owls, 60 years; parakeets, 12 years; guppies, 5 years; and box tortoises, 100 years. Some plants such as trees live much longer than animals. Redwood trees, for example, live more than 3,000 years, and bristlecone pine trees can live over 4,000 years.
The life expectancy of people who live in industrialized societies is increasing rapidly; in fact, it has doubled in the past one hundred years. When comparing males and females, one finds that women generally live longer than men. The oldest person in the world until recently was a French woman, Jeanne Calment. At her death, Madame Calment was both blind and deaf but had not lost her sharp wit, for which she had become quite famous. Asked what kind of future she expected, she replied, “A very short one.” Bragging about her smooth skin, she said, “I’ve only had one wrinkle in my life, and I’m sitting on it.”