Why do we need punctuation?

1. The men in question - Harold Keene, Jim Peterson, and Gerald Greene - deserve awards.
2. Several countries participated in the airlift: Italy, Belgium, France and Luxemburg.
3. "Only one course was open to us surrender, " said the ex-major, " and we did."
4. Judge Carswell, later to be nominated for the Supreme Court, ad ruled against civil rights.
5. In last week´s New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland´s article: How Not to Go Camping.
6. "Yes," Jim said, "I´ll be home by ten."
7. There was only one thing to do: study till dawn.
8. Montaigne wrote the following: "A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself."
9. The following are the primary colors: red, blue, and yellow.
10. Arriving on the 8:10 plane were Liz Brooks, my old roommate, her husband and Tim, their son.
11. When the teacher commented that her spelling was poor, Lynn replied:-"All the members of my family are poor spellers, Why not me?"
12. He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said "No, I don´t know."
13. The automobile dealer handled three makes of cars: Volkswagens, Porches, and Mercedes Benz.
14. Though Phil said he would arrive on the 9:19 flight; he came instead on the 10:36 flight.
15. Whoever thought, said Helen that Jack would be elected class president?
16. In baseball, a show-boat is a man who shows off.
17. The minister quoted "Isaiah 5 21" in last Sunday´s sermon.
18. There was a very interesting article entitled "The New Rage for Folk Singing" in las Sunday´s New York Times newspaper.
19. "Whoever is elected secretary of the club(Ashley, Chandra or Aisha) must be prepared to do a great deal of work" - said Jumita, the previous secretary.
20. Darwin´s "On the Origin of Species"(1859) caused a great controversy when it appeared.
21. We had a great time in Frnace; the kods really enjoyed it.
22. Some people work best in the mornings; others do better in the evenings.
23. "What are you doing next weekend?"
24. Mother had to go into hospital; she had heart problems.
25. "Did you understand why I was upset?"
26. "It is a fine idea, let us hope that is¡t is going to work."
27. "We will be arriving on Monday morning", at least, I think so.
28. A textbook can be a wall between teacher and class.
29. The girls´father sat in a corner.
30. In the words of Murphy´s Law: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."